truck in English dictionary

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    Meanings and definitions of "truck"

    • A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun-carriage.
    • The ball on top of a flagpole.
    • (nautical) 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".
    • (countable, uncountable)(US) A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; (UK) a lorry.
    • 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.
    • A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
    • A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.
    • A pantechnicon (removal van).
    • (UK) A flatbed railway car.
    • A 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. The axle on many types of railway car is not attached to the truck and relies on gravity to remain within the truck's brackets (on the truck's base) that hold the axle in place.
    • The part of a skateboard that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
    • (theatre) A platform with wheels or casters.
    • (intransitive) To drive a truck.
    • (transitive) To convey by truck.
    • (intransitive) (US, slang, 1960s) To travel or live contentedly.
    • (intransitive) (US, slang, 1960s) To persist, to endure.
    • (film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
    • (transitive) (slang) To run over or through a tackler in American football.
    • (transitive) To trade, exchange; barter.
    • (intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
    • (intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
    • (obsolete) (often used in plural sense) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
    • (US) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
    • (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
    • Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.
    • adjective
      Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.
    • noun
      A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun-carriage.
    • noun
      The ball on top of a flagpole.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      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".
    • noun
      (countable, uncountable, US, Australia)
      A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; ( Britain) a lorry.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
    • noun
      A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or ( obsolete) pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.
    • noun
      A pantechnicon (removal van).
    • noun
      (Britain, rail transport)
      A flatbed railway car.
    • noun
      A 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. The axle on many types of railway car is not attached to the truck and relies on gravity to remain within the truck's brackets (on the truck's base) that hold the axle in place
    • noun
      The 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.
    • noun
      (theater)
      A platform with wheels or casters.
    • noun
      Dirt or other messiness.
    • noun
      (obsolete, often used in plural sense)
      Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
    • noun
      (historical)
      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]
    • noun
      (US)
      Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
    • noun
      (usually with negative)
      Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To drive a truck.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To convey by truck.
    • verb
      (intransitive, US, slang, 1960s)
      To travel or live contentedly.
    • verb
      (intransitive, US, slang, 1960s)
      To persist, to endure.
    • verb
      (intransitive, film production)
      To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
    • verb
      (transitive, slang)
      To run over or through a tackler in American football.
    • verb
      (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal)
      To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
    • verb
      (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal)
      To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
    • verb
      (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal)
      To deceive; cheat; defraud.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To trade, exchange; barter.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
    • verb
      (transitive, Britain dialectal, Scotland)
      To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
    • top of a flagpole
    • semi-trailer
    • vehicle designed for carrying cargo
    • drive a truck
    • A large motor vehicle of more than 3,500 kilograms designed for carrying cargo.
    • Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including vans and pickups.
    • noun
      an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
    • noun
      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
      convey (goods etc.) by truck; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains"

    Synonyms of "truck" in English dictionary

    go-cart, motor vehicle, pushcart are the top synonyms of "truck" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of truck

    • truck ( third-person singular simple present trucks, present participle trucking, simple past and past participle trucked)
    • truck ( plural  trucks)
    • truck ( countable and uncountable;  plural  trucks)
    • truck ( not comparable)
    • truck (not comparable)
    • truck (countable and uncountable, plural trucks)
    • truck (plural trucks)
    • truck (third-person singular simple present trucks, present participle trucking, simple past and past participle trucked)
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