What does truck mean?
Definitions for truck
trʌktruck
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Princeton's WordNet
truck, motortruck(noun)
an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
hand truck, truck(verb)
a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects
truck(verb)
convey (goods etc.) by truck
"truck fresh vegetables across the mountains"
Webster Dictionary
Truck(verb)
a small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage
Truck(verb)
a low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles
Truck(verb)
a swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels
Truck(verb)
a small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through
Truck(verb)
a small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes
Truck(verb)
a freight car
Truck(verb)
a frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies
Truck(verb)
to transport on a truck or trucks
Truck(verb)
to exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust
Truck(verb)
to exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal
Truck(noun)
exchange of commodities; barter
Truck(noun)
commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market
Truck(noun)
the practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system
Freebase
Truck
A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, with the smallest being mechanically similar to an automobile. Commercial trucks can be very large and powerful, and may be configured to mount specialized equipment, such as in the case of fire trucks and concrete mixers and suction excavators. Modern trucks are largely powered by diesel engines exclusively, although small to medium size trucks with gasoline engines exist in America. In the European Union vehicles with a gross combination mass of less than 3,500 kilograms are known as light commercial vehicles and those over as large goods vehicles.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Truck
truk, v.t. to exchange or barter.—v.i. to traffic by exchange.—n. exchange of goods: barter: (coll.) small goods: rubbish.—ns. Truck′age, the practice of exchanging or bartering goods; Truck′er; Truck′-farmer (U.S.), a market-gardener; Truck′-house, Truck′ing-house, a house for storing goods.—v.i. Truck′le, to yield meanly to the demands of another.—ns. Truck′ler; Truck′ling.—adj. fawning, slavish.—n. Truck′-sys′tem, the practice of paying workmen in goods instead of money.—Truck Act, a statute of 1831, extended in 1887, requiring workmen's wages to be paid in money instead of goods. [O. Fr. troquer, to truck; Sp. trocar, to barter, It. truccare, to truck.]
Truck
truk, n. a wheel: a railway-wagon for heavy articles: a platform running on wheels: a small wooden cap at the top of a mast or flag-staff: a circular piece of wood or metal for moving ordnance.—v.t. to convey by truck.—ns. Truck′age, conveyance by trucks: charge for carrying articles on a truck; Truck′-bol′ster, a beam in the middle of a railway-truck supporting the body of the car; Truck′le, a small wheel or castor: a truckle-bed.—v.t. to move on rollers.—v.i. to sleep in a truckle-bed.—n. Truck′le-bed, a low bed on wheels that may be pushed under another. [L. trochus, a wheel—Gr. trochos—trechein, to run.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
truck
A Cornish word for the trough between two surfs. Also, exchange, as fish for grog, &c.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
truck
Wooden-wheels for the carriage of cannon, etc. The trucks of garrison-carriages are generally made of cast iron. Trucks of a ship-carriage are wheels made of one piece of wood, from 12 to 19 inches in diameter, and their thickness is always equal to the caliber of the gun.
Editors Contribution
truck
A type of vehicle created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, elements, shapes, sizes and styles.
Trucks are vital for moving food and products across countries and continents.
Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'truck' in Nouns Frequency: #1959
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of truck in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of truck in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of truck in a Sentence
You are always running a risk, it starts the moment you put cargo in the truck and travel across Brazil.
[ The Ranger Raptor ] really is the best handling pickup truck I’ve driven and not by an insignificant margin, the watt’s link and everything, I think it would go pretty well in America.
My head kinda felt like I got hit with a truck, my stomach was grinding.
We have pretty good confidence who did this. We were able to capture the truck, it was a modified truck with tubes, rocket tubes on the back, Iraqi Security Forces did a good job in helping secure that truck. We have good indications based on forensics where it was fired from, who did the firing and so on and so forth.
We literally overnight reinvented ourselves from an upscale casual dining establishment into what I told my executive chef had to be a badass food truck without wheels.
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- vragmotorAfrikaans
- شاحنةArabic
- грузаві́кBelarusian
- камио́нBulgarian
- লরি, ট্রাকBengali
- camióCatalan, Valencian
- kamion, dodávka, nákladní autoCzech
- loriWelsh
- truck, lastbil, køre, enDanish
- Laster, Lastwagen, Lieferwagen, Lastauto, Lastkraftwagen, LKWGerman
- φορτάμαξα, νταλίκα, φορτηγό, οδηγώ φορτηγόGreek
- kamionoEsperanto
- camioneta, camiónSpanish
- veoautoEstonian
- کامیونPersian
- sotku, rekka, kuorma-auto, nuppi, rekka-auto, kaksipyöräinen, teli, tavaravaunu, märssy, kottikärry, muuttoautoFinnish
- camionFrench
- camiónGalician
- משאיתHebrew
- ट्रकHindi
- teherautó, kamionHungarian
- բեռնատարArmenian
- kamionoIdo
- flutningsbíllIcelandic
- autocarro, camionItalian
- 貨物自動車, トラックJapanese
- სატვირთო მანქანაGeorgian
- biili nioqqutissanik assartuut, biili usisaatKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ឡានដឹកទំនិញKhmer
- 트럭Korean
- ລົດບັນທຸກLao
- sunkvežimisLithuanian
- kravas automašīnaLatvian
- motorore, tarakaMāori
- камио́нMacedonian
- ачааны машинMongolian
- ट्रकMarathi
- lori, trakMalay
- trakkMaltese
- ကုန်တင်ထရပ်ကားBurmese
- semitrailer, lastebilNorwegian
- vrachtauto, vrachtwagenDutch
- semitrailer, lastebilNorwegian Nynorsk
- chidítsohNavajo, Navaho
- ਟਰੱਕPanjabi, Punjabi
- ciężarówka, samochód ciężarowyPolish
- caminhãoPortuguese
- camionRomanian
- грузово́й автомоби́ль, теле́жка, грузови́кRussian
- kamion, камионSerbo-Croatian
- kamiónSlovak
- kamionSlovene
- kamionAlbanian
- flaggstångsknopp, knopp, lastvagn, dragbil, lastbil, kärraSwedish
- loriSwahili
- లారీTelugu
- รถบรรทุกThai
- kamyonTurkish
- грузови́к, вантажі́вкаUkrainian
- xe tảiVietnamese
- אויטאָYiddish
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