Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To have dealings or commerce; traffic.
- intransitive verb To exchange; barter.
- intransitive verb To peddle.
- noun The trading of goods or services without the exchange of money; barter.
- noun Articles of commerce; trade goods.
- noun Garden produce raised for the market.
- noun Informal Worthless goods; stuff or rubbish.
- noun Informal Dealings; business.
- noun Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.
- noun A hand truck.
- noun A wheeled platform, sometimes equipped with a motor, for conveying loads in a warehouse or freight yard.
- noun A set of bookshelves mounted on four wheels or casters, used in libraries.
- noun One of the swiveling frames of wheels under each end of a railroad car or trolley car.
- noun Either of the frames housing a pair of wheels on a skateboard or landboard.
- noun Nautical A small piece of wood placed at the top of a mast or flagpole, usually having holes through which halyards can be passed.
- noun Chiefly British A railroad freight car without a top.
- intransitive verb To transport by truck.
- intransitive verb To carry goods by truck.
- intransitive verb To drive a truck.
- intransitive verb Slang To move or travel in a steady but easy manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put in a truck; send or convey by truck: as, to
truck cattle. - To drive or use a truck; transport goods by means of a truck.
- To exchange; swap; barter; hence, to traffic; deal; trade by exchanging commodities; bargain; negotiate: followed with with or for (with a person, for a thing).
- To exchange; give in exchange; barter; swap: as, to
truck knives for gold-dust. - To peddle; hawk.
- noun A kind of game (see etymology). Compare
troco . - noun Exchange of commodities; barter. See
truck system , below. - noun Traffic; intercourse; dealing.
- noun The truck system.
- noun Commodities for barter or trade.
- noun The produce of a market-garden.
- noun A statute of 1870 (33 and 34 Vict., c. 105), also called the Truck Commission Act, which appointed a commission to inquire into the working of the act of 1831.
- noun A small wooden wheel not bound with iron; a cylinder.
- noun A wheeled vehicle, of which there are many kinds, used for moving or transporting burdens.
- noun A group of two, three, or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railway-car or locomotive; a car-truck.
- noun In gunnery, a circular piece of wood or metal, like a wheel, fixed on an axletree, for moving ordnance. See
casemate-truck . - noun A circular piece of wood fixed on the head of each of a vessel's highest masts, and having small sheave-holes in it through which signal-halyards are rove.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter.
- intransitive verb To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
- noun A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
- noun A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
- noun (Railroad Mach.) 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. - noun A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
- noun A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
- noun engraving A freight car.
- noun A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yes pickup truck is code for "I help friends move into new houses more than most people do".
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Yes pickup truck is code for "I help friends move into new houses more than most people do".
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Yes pickup truck is code for "I help friends move into new houses more than most people do".
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Breaking a bone several miles from the truck is a very real possibility.
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Breaking a bone several miles from the truck is a very real possibility.
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The idea that you could stop them driving it in in a truck is a fantasy.
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And since the truck is a noun phrase, it gets modified by an adjective, not an adverb.
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On the side of the truck is a picture of a young boy, shirtless, with smooth, unblemished skin, flexing his slim biceps.
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A fish under the seat of the truck is a personal favorite.
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A fish under the seat of the truck is a personal favorite.
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stpeter commented on the word truck
This word is great as a verb (I feel the same about brook).
December 11, 2006