truck
noun
[ trʌk ]
• a large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.
Similar:
heavy goods vehicle,
juggernaut,
van,
pickup,
pickup truck,
dumper,
dumper truck,
tipper,
tipper truck,
lorry,
articulated lorry,
HGV,
bogie,
bakkie,
pantechnicon,
• a railway bogie.
• a wooden disc at the top of a ship's mast or flagstaff, with holes for halyards to slide through.
truck
verb
• convey by truck.
• "the food was trucked to St Petersburg"
Origin:
Middle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for truckle1 in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’. The sense ‘wheeled vehicle’ dates from the late 18th century.
truck
noun
• barter.
• small wares.
• market-garden produce, especially vegetables.
• "a truck garden"
truck
verb
• barter or exchange.
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): probably frotruck withm Old French, of unknown origin; compare with medieval Latin trocare .
