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Truck

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Noun

1. motortruck, truck

an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

2. hand truck, truck

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

Verb

3. truck

convey (goods etc.) by truck

Example Sentences:
'truck fresh vegetables across the mountains'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Truck

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verb
8. archaic
to exchange (goods); barter
9. (intransitive)
to traffic or negotiate
noun
1. British
a vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon
2. US, Canadian and Australian
a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform
. Also called (esp in Britain): lorry
3. 
a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc
4. nautical
a. 
a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards
b. 
the head of a mast itself
5. 
any wheeled vehicle used to move goods
verb
6. 
to convey (goods) in a truck
7. (intransitive) mainly US and Canadian
to drive a truck
noun
1. 
commercial goods
2. 
dealings (esp in the phrase have no truck with)
3. 
commercial exchange
4. archaic
payment of wages in kind
5. 
miscellaneous articles
6. informal
rubbish
7. US and Canadian
vegetables grown for market

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Truck

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noun
1.  Obsolete
a small, solid wheel or roller, esp. one for a gun carriage
2. 
a small, wooden block or disk with holes for halyards, esp. one at the top of a flagpole or mast
3. 
a kind of barrow, consisting of an open frame with a pair of wheels at one end and handles at the other, used to carry trunks, crates, etc.
: also called hand truck
4. 
any of various low frames or platforms on wheels, sometimes motor-driven, for carrying heavy articles, as in a warehouse
5.  US
an automotive vehicle for hauling loads along highways, streets, etc.; motor truck
6. 
a swiveling frame with two or more pairs of wheels, usually provided with brakes and springs, forming the wheel unit under each end of a railroad car, streetcar, etc.
7.  British
an open railroad freight car
verb transitive
8. 
to carry or transport on a truck or trucks
verb intransitive
9. 
to do trucking
10. 
to drive a truck as one's work
verb transitive, verb intransitive
1. 
to exchange; barter
2.  Rare
to peddle
noun
3. 
barter
4. 
payment of wages in goods produced instead of money
5. 
small commercial articles
6. 
small articles of little value
7.  US
vegetables raised for sale in markets
8.  Informal
dealings
have no further truck with them
9.  Informal
trash; rubbish

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Truck

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n.
1. Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.
2. A hand truck.
3.
a. A wheeled platform, sometimes equipped with a motor, for conveying loads in a warehouse or freight yard.
b. A set of bookshelves mounted on four wheels or casters, used in libraries.
4.
a. One of the swiveling frames of wheels under each end of a railroad car or trolley car.
b. Either of the frames housing a pair of wheels on a skateboard or landboard.
5. Nautical A small piece of wood placed at the top of a mast or flagpole, usually having holes through which halyards can be passed.
6. Chiefly British A railroad freight car without a top.
v. trucked, truck·ing, trucks
v.tr.
To transport by truck.
v.intr.
1. To carry goods by truck.
2. To drive a truck.
3. Slang To move or travel in a steady but easy manner.
v. trucked, truck·ing, trucks
v.intr.
To have dealings or commerce; traffic: They were trucking with smugglers.
v.tr.
Archaic
1. To exchange; barter.
2. To peddle.
n.
1. The trading of goods or services without the exchange of money; barter.
2.
a. Articles of commerce; trade goods.
b. Garden produce raised for the market.
c. Informal Worthless goods; stuff or rubbish: "I was mooning over some old papers, or letters, or ribbons, or some such truck" (Edna Ferber).
3. Informal Dealings; business: We'll have no further truck with them.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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