big rig
noun
plural big rigs
US
: a large truck with an attached trailer that is used for hauling freight : semitrailer sense 2
A father and grandfather, Brubaker worked behind the wheel of a big rig for over a decade before transferring to a supervisory role.—
Deirdre Reilly
Deirdre ReillyHe formerly drove a big rig for a freight company.—Jim Kleinpeter
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One video showed a big rig driving through Interstate 24 with water levels reaching the trailer.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
The suspects ditched the big rig near downtown Los Angeles around 11:30 p.m. and carjacked a white pickup truck before taking off to the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
During peak construction at the Munich complex, the site had to accommodate an extra 400 trucks a day on top of the 750 big rigs weaving through in normal times.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
And the road rage is palpable and knuckle-clenching as a traveling salesman tries to avoid getting run off the road and killed by a vengeful big rig driver.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
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Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
The suspects ditched the big rig near downtown Los Angeles around 11:30 p.m. and carjacked a white pickup truck before taking off to the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
—Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2025
During peak construction at the Munich complex, the site had to accommodate an extra 400 trucks a day on top of the 750 big rigs weaving through in normal times.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2025
And the road rage is palpable and knuckle-clenching as a traveling salesman tries to avoid getting run off the road and killed by a vengeful big rig driver.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for big rig
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“Big rig.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big%20rig. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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