trucking

noun

truck·​ing ˈtrə-kiŋ 

: the process or business of transporting goods on trucks

Examples of trucking in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The idea had been bipartisan for a decade, backed by Tim Kaine and Susan Collins, Roger Marshall and Tina Smith, Elise Stefanik and Bobby Scott and Virginia Foxx, and endorsed by the likes of the Business Roundtable and the trucking industry. — Caroline Casagrande, Fortune, 6 July 2026

The Moroun family, too, had owned property in Cadillac Heights since the 1960s and operated a trucking depot there, which residents also found bothersome, but less so than the concrete facility. — Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 July 2026

This new method involves hackers using social engineering to access freight broker accounts, posting fake loads, and then installing malware on legitimate trucking companies' systems. — Steve Weisman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

The cut in capacity has been accelerated by a nationwide crackdown on trucking compliance that has taken thousands of truck drivers out of service. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trucking

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