trucked; trucking; trucks
: to load or transport on a truck
1
: to move or go especially in an easy, steady, or relaxed way
Everyone trucked over to our house after the game.
Despite the bad economy, the company keeps trucking along.
2
: to transport goods by truck
3
: to be employed in driving a truck
trucked; trucking; trucks
1
: to exchange commodities : barter
2
: to negotiate or traffic especially in an underhanded way : have dealings
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Tara Lynch, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Raw milk is trucked to the plant daily, and workers pasteurize milk and package it along with related products that are then distributed by a fleet of more than 150 trucks.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
In some cases, hatcheries have bypassed overheated rivers and trucked fish to the ocean, releasing them directly into San Francisco Bay.
—Eric Palkovacs, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Urea is relatively easy to store compared to other commodities, and the company has resorted to trucking its output to ports beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 14 May 2026
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Verb
The crew brought a Bobcat to truck out the garbage.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 3 June 2026
Raw milk is trucked to the plant daily, and workers pasteurize milk and package it along with related products that are then distributed by a fleet of more than 150 trucks.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
In some cases, hatcheries have bypassed overheated rivers and trucked fish to the ocean, releasing them directly into San Francisco Bay.
—Eric Palkovacs, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Urea is relatively easy to store compared to other commodities, and the company has resorted to trucking its output to ports beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for truck
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“Truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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truck
1 of 3 noun
1
2
: goods for barter or for small trade
3
: close association
have no truck with such people
4
: vegetables grown for market
5
a
: small articles of little value
b
: rubbish
truck
2 of 3 noun
: a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles
truck
3 of 3 verb
: to transport on or by truck
Etymology
Noun
from earlier truck (verb) "to exchange goods, swap," from Middle English trukken (same meaning), from early French troquer (same meaning)
Noun
from truck "a small wheel," from truckle "small wheel, pulley," from Middle English trokell "caster, wheel," from Latin trochlea "block of pulleys"
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