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Meaning of truck
noun
- A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
- The ball on top of a flagpole.
- On 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".
- A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; a lorry. Example: Mexican open-bed trucks haul most of the fresh produce that comes into the United States from Mexico.
- Any 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.
verb
- To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.
- To convey by truck. Example: Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque.
- To travel or live contentedly. Example: Keep on trucking!
- To persist, to endure. Example: Keep on trucking!
- (film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
verb
- To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
- To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
- To deceive; cheat; defraud.
verb
- To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
noun
- (often in the plural) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
- The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer [forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts].
- Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
- (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
verb
- To trade, exchange; barter.
- To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
- To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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