hand truck

noun

|Updated on: 12 Aug 2018

Definition of hand truck

: a small hand-propelled truck; especially : ¹truck 1c

Recent Examples of hand truck from the Web

The man who flagged down the truck, later identified as Lev, retrieved a hand truck from his rented Toyota 4Runner and began to load one of the services into the vehicle when police moved in.

— david owens, courant.com, "California Man Charged In West Hartford Computer Scam Seeks Special Form Of Probation," 10 July 2018
The man who flagged down the truck, later identified as Lev, retrieved a hand truck from his rented Toyota 4Runner and began to load one of the services into the vehicle when police moved in.

— david owens, courant.com, "West Hartford Police, Federal Agents Charge California Man In Computer Component Theft," 23 Jan. 2018
Video footage showed McGregor hurling a hand truck at a bus full of fighters after a press conference for UFC 223 at Barclays Center in April.

— Washington Post, "MMA star McGregor says he regrets Brooklyn melee," 14 June 2018
Video footage showed McGregor hurling a hand truck at a bus full of fighters after a press conference for UFC 223 at Barclays Center in April.

— michael r. sisak, Houston Chronicle, "MMA star Conor McGregor in plea negotiations after melee," 14 June 2018
The market vendors scooped up the goods at Manhattan piers and hauled them the final few blocks to the market with hand trucks.

— sean patrick cooper, The New Republic, "Is America Ready for the Next Superstorm?," 4 June 2018
Drops of blood were also found on a hand truck in the garage at the house, in the 400 block of Northwest 72nd Street in Boca Raton.

— linda trischitta, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Boca Raton cops follow grisly evidence to son accused of killing ex-judge," 11 Apr. 2018
Video footage appears to show the promotion's most bankable star throwing a hand truck at a bus full of fighters on Thursday after a news conference for UFC 223 at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.

— crimesider staff, CBS News, "Conor McGregor seen leaving police station in handcuffs after backstage melee," 6 Apr. 2018
Video footage appears to show McGregor throwing a hand truck at a bus full of fighters on Thursday after a news conference for UFC 223 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

— the associated press, New York Times, "Conor McGregor Released on Bail After Being Charged With Assault," 6 Apr. 2018

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