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truck
1[ truhk ]
noun
- any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
- any of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects.
- Also called hand truck. a barrowlike frame with low wheels, a ledge at the bottom, and handles at the top, used to move heavy luggage, packages, cartons, etc.
- a low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved; a dolly.
- a tiered framework on casters.
- a group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railroad car, locomotive, etc.
- Movies. a dolly on which a camera is mounted.
- British. a freight car having no top.
- a small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages.
- Nautical. a circular or square piece of wood fixed on the head of a mast or the top of a flagstaff, usually containing small holes for signal halyards.
verb (used with object)
- to transport by truck.
- to put on a truck.
- Movies. dolly ( def 11 ).
verb (used without object)
- to convey articles or goods on a truck.
- to drive a truck.
- Movies. dolly ( def 12 ).
adjective
- of, relating to, or for a truck or trucks:
a truck drive; truck tires.
truck
2[ truhk ]
noun
- vegetables raised for the market.
- miscellaneous articles of little worth; odds and ends.
- Informal. trash or rubbish:
That's a lot of truck.
- Informal. dealings:
I'll have no truck with him.
- a bargain or deal.
- the payment of wages in goods instead of money.
verb (used without object)
- to exchange commodities; barter.
- to traffic; have dealings.
truck
3[ truhk ]
noun
- a shuffling jitterbug step.
verb (used without object)
- to dance with such steps.
- Slang. to walk or stroll, especially in a jaunty manner:
trucking down the avenue on a Sunday afternoon.
truck
1/ ³Ù°ùÊŒ°ì /
noun
- a vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon
- a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform Also called (esp in Britain)lorry
- a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc
- nautical
- a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards
- the head of a mast itself
- any wheeled vehicle used to move goods
verb
- to convey (goods) in a truck
- intr to drive a truck
truck
2/ ³Ù°ùÊŒ°ì /
noun
- commercial goods
- dealings (esp in the phrase have no truck with )
- commercial exchange
- archaic.payment of wages in kind
- miscellaneous articles
- informal.rubbish
- vegetables grown for market
verb
- archaic.to exchange (goods); barter
- intr to traffic or negotiate
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of truck2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of truck1
Origin of truck2
Idioms and Phrases
see have no truck with .Example Sentences
Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel's account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, killing 15 rescue workers.
Once it is remodeled, it will include a play fire truck that will stand in tribute to first-responders who fought the blaze.
The groundwater in Amboy is about 10 times saltier than the sea, Large said, and for years, all drinking water has been trucked in.
Reopening its doors likely will bring even more foot traffic to the bar’s area of DTLA, and therefore benefit the neighboring venues, businesses and food trucks.
Bulley, a truck driver who had also lost custody of Justin, has said the county was careless with his son’s life.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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