TRUCK STOP Definition & Meaning

truck stop

noun

a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.

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Origin of truck stop¹

First recorded in 1960–65

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A few days later, detectives found the stolen backhoe at a truck stop in Tulare.

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That brings me to the truck stop in Nevada.

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Instead, the state could compulsory purchase a London hotel and give MPs a room there - a truck stop for parliamentarians, if you will.

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In Valley View, near the truck stop, the storms ripped the roofs off homes and blew out windows.

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At least 60 to 80 people were inside a highway truck stop, some of them seeking shelter, when the storm barreled through, but there were no serious injuries, Sappington said.

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