semitruck

noun

semi·​truck ˈse-ˌmī-ˌtrək How to pronounce semitruck (audio)

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Officials said the troopers investigated the scene and that the 33-year-old man, who was driving a Peterbilt semitruck and is from Clinton Township, was taken into custody and placed at the Monroe County Jail. Nick Lentz, CBS News, 1 June 2026 Safety experts told ProPublica that some of the technologies opposed by Collins, which include devices on semitrucks to limit their speed and sensors on big rigs to automatically brake in the face of a potential collision, reduce the odds of crashes leading to serious injuries and deaths. Max Blau, ProPublica, 11 May 2026 Typically, semitrucks are 13.5 feet (4.1 meters) tall, so the plane was quite low. Josh Funk, Fortune, 4 May 2026 Ohio officials say a semitruck driver charged in a fiery interstate crash that killed a young family of three fraudulently obtained an Ohio driver’s license, a commercial driver’s license and later U.S. citizenship under an alternate identity. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for semitruck

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of semitruck was in 1969

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“Semitruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semitruck. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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