trucking

1 of 2

noun

truck·​ing ˈtrə-kiŋ 

: the process or business of transporting goods on trucks

trucking

2 of 2

present participle of truck entry 2, truck entry 3

Examples of trucking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Doreen Crawford raised six children in Wytopitlock while her husband worked in trucking. — Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Execs at Union Pacific and CSX both said the trucking market tightened after this year’s intermodal contract bids were already set, noting that the railroads will seek the bulk of the rate benefits in 2027. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026

Watters said his client is married with kids and owns an interstate trucking company. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Holding a master’s and PhD in robotics from MIT, Anderson developed MIT’s groundbreaking semi-autonomous vehicle safety system, Intelligent Co-Pilot, and later led Tesla’s Autopilot program before co-founding autonomous trucking company Aurora. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1809, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trucking

• bucking
• chucking
• clucking
• ducking
• mucking
• plucking
• shucking
• sucking
• tucking