minitruck en · NOUN
Etymology
From mini- + truck.
Meanings
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(US) A compact pickup truck designed for light duty.
Recent attempts to market practical part-time pickups in the United States — the Subaru Baja, for instance — and earlier minitruck efforts like the Rabbit-based Volkswagen Pickup and the Omni-based Dodge Rampage never fired buyers’ imagination.
2008 June 29, Paul Duchene, “Part-Time Pickups Back From the Outback”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| minitrucks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |