tow truck

noun

: a truck with winches and hoist mechanisms for freeing stuck vehicles and towing wrecked or disabled vehicles

Examples of tow truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Once dive crews determined the vehicle was unoccupied, the tow truck crew took over. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

That includes stationary vehicles used for construction, tow trucks and emergency services. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

The enterprise sent tow truck drivers to traffic accident scenes to solicit business, who then lied to get permission to tow the vehicles, according to the indictment. — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

While officers investigated, a tow truck driver reported finding a man with a gunshot wound nearby, police said. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for tow truck

• amok
• amuck
• awestruck
• dumbstruck
• potluck
• roebuck
• unstuck
• woodchuck
• chuck
• cluck
• duck
• huck

Kids Definition

tow truck

noun

: a truck equipped to move or haul wrecked or broken-down vehicles