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Truck

noun
/tɹʌk/
Word Frequency: 13.8

Definitions

1.nounA small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
2.nounThe ball on top of a flagpole.
3.nounOn a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck".
4.nounA semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; a lorry.
"Mexican open-bed trucks haul most of the fresh produce that comes into the United States from Mexico."
5.nounAny motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles (including passenger autos) fitted with a bed designed to carry goods.
6.nounA garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
7.nounA small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.
8.nounA pantechnicon (removal van).
9.nounA flatbed railway car; a flatcar.
10.nounA pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with curves in the track; a bogie.
11.nounThe part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
12.nounA platform with wheels or casters.
13.nounDirt or other messiness.
14.verbTo drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.
15.verbTo convey by truck.
"Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque."
16.verbTo travel or live contentedly.
"Keep on trucking!"
17.verbTo persist, to endure.
"Keep on trucking!"
18.verb(film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
19.verbTo fight or otherwise physically engage with.
20.verbTo run over or through a tackler in American football.

Synonyms

haulerlorryrigtractor trailerhand truckmotortrucktractor-trailersemi-trailerflatbedvantruckloadcartage

Rhymes With

ruckthunderstrucksuckawestruckpluckstuckmoonstruckshuck
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