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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024truck•ing1 (truk′ing),USA pronunciation n. - the art or business of conveying articles or goods on trucks.
truck•ing2 (truk′ing),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturethe growing of vegetables for the market.
- commercial bartering.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trucking /ˈtrʌkɪŋ/ n - chiefly US Canadian the transportation of goods by lorry
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024truck1 /trʌk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Transporta motor vehicle for carrying goods and materials:Those big trucks were blocking the roads.
- Transporta frame, platform, or open cart with wheels used for transporting heavy objects.
- Transporthand truck.
v. - Transport to transport or deliver (articles, etc.) by truck:[~ + object]to truck some vegetables to the market.
- [Informal.]to proceed, esp. in a carefree manner:[no object]I'm just trucking along, no problems.
truck•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024truck1 (truk),USA pronunciation n. - Transportany of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
- Transportany of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects.
- TransportAlso called hand truck. a barrowlike frame with low wheels, a ledge at the bottom, and handles at the top, used to move heavy luggage, packages, cartons, etc.
- Transporta low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved;
a dolly. - Transporta tiered framework on casters.
- Rail Transporta group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railroad car, locomotive, etc.
- Cinema[Motion Pictures.]a dolly on which a camera is mounted.
- Rail Transport, British Terms[Brit.]a freight car having no top.
- Transporta small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages.
- Nautical, Naval Termsa circular or square piece of wood fixed on the head of a mast or the top of a flagstaff, usually containing small holes for signal halyards.
v.t. - Transportto transport by truck.
- Transportto put on a truck.
- Transport, Cinemadolly (def. 11).
v.i. - Transportto convey articles or goods on a truck.
- Transportto drive a truck.
- Transportdolly (def. 12).
adj. - Transportof, pertaining to, or for a truck or trucks:a truck drive; truck tires.
- back formation from truckle wheel. See truckle2 1605–15
truck′a•ble, adj. truck2 (truk),USA pronunciation n. - Agriculturevegetables raised for the market.
- miscellaneous articles of little worth;
odds and ends. - Informal Termstrash or rubbish:That's a lot of truck.
- [Informal.]dealings:I'll have no truck with him.
- barter.
- a bargain or deal.
- the payment of wages in goods instead of money.
- See truck system.
v.t. - to exchange;
trade; barter. v.i. - to exchange commodities;
barter. - to traffic;
have dealings.
- Old French troquer to exchange
- Middle English trukien to exchange 1175–1225
truck3 (truk),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea shuffling jitterbug step.
v.i. - Music and Danceto dance with such steps.
- Slang Termsto walk or stroll, esp. in a jaunty manner:trucking down the avenue on a Sunday afternoon.
- special use of truck1 1935–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: truck /trʌk/ n - Brit a vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon
- US Canadian Austral a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform
Also called (esp in Britain): lorry - a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc
- a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards
- the head of a mast itself
- any wheeled vehicle used to move goods
vb - to convey (goods) in a truck
- (intransitive) chiefly US Canadian to drive a truck
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps shortened from truckle² truck /trʌk/ n - commercial goods
- dealings (esp in the phrase have no truck with)
- commercial exchange
- archaic payment of wages in kind
- miscellaneous articles
- informal rubbish
- US Canadian vegetables grown for market
vb - archaic to exchange (goods); barter
- (intransitive) to traffic or negotiate
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French troquer (unattested) to barter, equivalent to Medieval Latin trocare, of unknown origin |