1
: a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: such as
a
: a strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle (such as a pickup) for hauling
b
: an automotive vehicle with a short chassis equipped with a swivel for attaching a trailer and used especially for the highway hauling of freight
also
: a truck with attached trailer
c
: a small barrow consisting of a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of handles and at the other end a pair of small heavy wheels and a projecting edge to slide under a load
called also hand truck
d
: a small heavy rectangular frame supported on four wheels for moving heavy objects
e
: a small flat-topped car pushed or pulled by hand
f
: a shelved stand mounted on casters
2
a
British
: an open railroad freight car
b
: a swiveling carriage consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and springs to carry and guide one end (as of a railroad car) in turning sharp curves
3
: a small wheel
specifically
: a small strong wheel for a gun carriage
4
: a small wooden cap at the top of a flagstaff or masthead usually having holes for reeving flag or signal halyards
trucked; trucking; trucks
: to load or transport on a truck
1
: to roll along especially in an easy untroubled way
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
Synonyms
Examples of truck in a Sentence
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
Nearly 70 years later, cars, trucks and other modes of transportation are the nation’s largest source of heat-trapping emissions — emissions that have fueled record global temperatures for 10 straight months, resulting in deadlier heat waves, fires and storms.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Due to the small footprint, no heavy equipment (think cranes or large trucks) could drive on to the property, meaning all of the materials had to be walked up to the project site by hand.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
The town said the fire is believed to have started inside the cab area of the truck.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Witnesses described the suspect vehicle as a light-colored, possibly white or gray pickup truck, which will have damage to the passenger side, including a missing passenger mirror.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
Before the Key Bridge collapsed, Kathleen Kropp’s business, Triple H Trucking, with 15 trucks, would transport containers with consumer goods to York, Pa., from Baltimore, a 60-mile journey.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Consumers Energy has announced their Storm Restoration Team is readying crews of electric line workers to respond to power outages, as well as trucks and other essential materials needed to assist with any restoration efforts.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
The wind lifted his truck and set it upside down on a concrete barrier in the freeway median.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Advertisement In Monterey County, heavy rain in burn scars sent silt and debris into catch basins and stormwater conveyance systems, overwhelming them and resulting in tens of thousands of cubic yards of material that had to be trucked long distance for disposal, Newsom wrote.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
McGraw, 42, the vice president of sales and marketing for Trans American Trucking Service, which specializes in handling industrial components, recently bid on a job to truck the Houston company’s equipment from Baltimore to Ohio.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
There, beans are shoveled into jute bags and trucked to a regional cooperative that receives deliveries from other community centers, as well.
—Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
The government often uses helicopters to haze wild burros or horses toward a corral before trucking the animals away.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
For 40 years Olson trucked his 18,000 honeybee colonies between California and Washington, moving among farms and orchards where their job was to pollinate everything from almonds to tree fruits, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, carrots, radishes, onions, canola and alfalfa.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Typically they are trucked in to provide a stable source of power.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Co-founder and co-director Morgan Broome told Fox News Digital the group has trucked in nearly 40,000 bales of hay for the cattle.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
Noun
Many of those drivers in the Lone Star State are likely behind the wheel of a truck.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2024
Nearly 70 years later, cars, trucks and other modes of transportation are the nation’s largest source of heat-trapping emissions — emissions that have fueled record global temperatures for 10 straight months, resulting in deadlier heat waves, fires and storms.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2024
Due to the small footprint, no heavy equipment (think cranes or large trucks) could drive on to the property, meaning all of the materials had to be walked up to the project site by hand.
—Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
The town said the fire is believed to have started inside the cab area of the truck.
—Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Witnesses described the suspect vehicle as a light-colored, possibly white or gray pickup truck, which will have damage to the passenger side, including a missing passenger mirror.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2024
Before the Key Bridge collapsed, Kathleen Kropp’s business, Triple H Trucking, with 15 trucks, would transport containers with consumer goods to York, Pa., from Baltimore, a 60-mile journey.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Consumers Energy has announced their Storm Restoration Team is readying crews of electric line workers to respond to power outages, as well as trucks and other essential materials needed to assist with any restoration efforts.
—Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2024
The wind lifted his truck and set it upside down on a concrete barrier in the freeway median.
—Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
Verb
Instead, the tractors had to be trucked to Brunswick, a journey that adds time and costs.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Advertisement In Monterey County, heavy rain in burn scars sent silt and debris into catch basins and stormwater conveyance systems, overwhelming them and resulting in tens of thousands of cubic yards of material that had to be trucked long distance for disposal, Newsom wrote.
—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
McGraw, 42, the vice president of sales and marketing for Trans American Trucking Service, which specializes in handling industrial components, recently bid on a job to truck the Houston company’s equipment from Baltimore to Ohio.
—David J. Lynch, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
There, beans are shoveled into jute bags and trucked to a regional cooperative that receives deliveries from other community centers, as well.
—Mumbi Gitau, Fortune Europe, 27 Feb. 2024
The government often uses helicopters to haze wild burros or horses toward a corral before trucking the animals away.
—The Arizona Republic, 22 Jan. 2024
For 40 years Olson trucked his 18,000 honeybee colonies between California and Washington, moving among farms and orchards where their job was to pollinate everything from almonds to tree fruits, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, carrots, radishes, onions, canola and alfalfa.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2024
Typically they are trucked in to provide a stable source of power.
—Catherine Porter, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2024
Co-founder and co-director Morgan Broome told Fox News Digital the group has trucked in nearly 40,000 bales of hay for the cattle.
—Bradford Betz, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2024
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truck
1 of 3 noun1
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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