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

According to officers, the suspect attempted to take items from the victim's vehicle before punching the victim several times and attempting to strike him with a metal hand truck. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

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

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