hauler

noun

haul·​er ˈhȯ-lər 

: one that hauls: such as

a

: a commercial establishment or worker whose business is hauling

b

: an automotive vehicle for hauling goods or material

Examples of hauler in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Condo dwellers who are also property taxpayers within the city have historically paid private haulers for their trash pick-up and have never enjoyed free trash hauling by the city. —U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026

Separate blockades from haulers and farmers angered by the rising diesel prices have also shut down large swathes of the country’s highways, causing five days of disruption. —Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026

Homeowners across Central Florida have been frustrated to find their piles of dead leaves, branches and plants — victims of February’s hard freeze — still sitting on their curbs because waste haulers haven’t picked it up on time. —Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2026

Most industrial businesses in NYC do not own or operate their own trucking fleet but rely on independent carriers and contract haulers and have no practical mechanism to comply with fleet-level emissions mandates. —Laura Rothrock, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing hauler

• long-hauler

Rhymes for hauler

• caller
• collar
• crawler
• dollar
• faller
• haller
• holler
• scholar
• smaller
• squalor
• taller
• trawler