hand truck

noun

: a small hand-propelled truck

especially : truck entry 1 sense 1c

Examples of hand truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hopkins wore this orange prison uniform, straitjacket and muzzle when Lecter is transported under heavy security, strapped upright to a hand truck. — Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Together, the grants paid for 34 refrigeration devices, six food distribution vehicles, a dozen pallet jacks or forklifts, plus shelving and storage materials and hand trucks. — Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Dutro specializes in fabricating equipment like hand trucks, carts and dollies, so a vehicular trailer in the hot overland adventure market is a natural extension of its talents. — New Atlas, 14 Apr. 2025

Sandoz wheeled a roughly 250-pound condensing unit into place on a hand truck with the grace of a ballroom dancer. — Andrew Ford, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1920, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hand truck

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