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truck en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/tɹʌk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/tɹʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los) Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der. Medieval Latin trochleader. Anglo-Norman troclebor. Middle English trokel English truckle? English truck Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós).

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
- “Put that cannon up once, and I'll answer for it that no Injin faces it. 'Twill be as good as a dozen sentinels,” answered Joel. “As for mountin’, I thought of that before I said a syllable about the crittur. There's the new truck-wheels in the court, all ready to hold it, and the carpenters can put the hinder part to the whull, in an hour or two.” 1843, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 3, in Wyandotte:
(countable, uncountable) The ball on top of a flagpole.
(countable, uncountable) 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".
- But oh! shipmates! on the starboard hand of every woe, there is a sure delight; and higher the top of that delight, than the bottom of the woe is deep. Is not the main-truck higher than the kelson is low? 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “'”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
(Australia, Canada, India, US, countable, uncountable) A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.
- That's why driving truck became more than a job for many in the industry. Driving truck was a lifestyle. 2009, James Beach, Peterbilt: Long-Haul Legend, page 48:
- A line of fifty trucks from the Zenith Steel and Machinery Company was attacked by strikers-rushing out from the sidewalk, pulling drivers from the seats, smashing carburetors and commutators, while telephone girls cheered from the walk, and small boys heaved bricks. 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 1, in Babbit:
- We rented a truck big enough to carry the whole load in one trip.
(UK, countable, uncountable) A railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods.
(countable, uncountable) Any smaller wagon or cart or vehicle of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, used to move and sometimes lift goods, like those in hotels for moving luggage or in libraries for moving books.
- Goods were therefore conveyed about the town almost exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter III, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
- From the doors of these rooms went men with loaded trucks, to the platform where freight cars were waiting to be filled; and one went out there and realized with a start that he had come at last to the ground floor of this enormous building. 1905 April–October, Upton Sinclair, chapter III, in The Jungle, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 26 February 1906, →OCLC:
- He closed the door, locked it, and took out the key in readiness. When Mr Lidmarsh returned with the water he found Carrados seated on a market truck. 1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries:
(US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable) Abbreviation of railroad truck or wheel truck; 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.
alt of railroad truck or wheel truck
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) A platform with wheels or casters.
(countable, uncountable) Dirt or other messiness.
- “Nothing! Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What is that truck?” 1876, Mark Twain, chapter I, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
trucks	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (207)

km ឡានទំនិញ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · es camioneta (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nv chidítsoh (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sn rori (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · es troque (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · eo kamiono (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bn ট্রাক (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · de Lastwagen (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fi sotku (dirt or other messiness) · uk грузови́к (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km ឡានដឹកទំនិញ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ru грузово́й автомоби́ль (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · th รถบรรทุก (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · es truck (trok) (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ta சுமையுந்து (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · es troca (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · lo ລົດບັນທຸກ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ar شَاحِنَة (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · lt sunkvežimis (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fr camion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · kmr qamyon (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hi लॉरी (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sl tovornjak (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fa-ira کامِیون (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · tg мошини боркаш (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · kk жүк автомобилі (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · om koonkoolata (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nl vrachtwagen (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sv knopp (top of a flagpole) · ms lori (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · vi xe tải (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ajp ترك (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · tr kamyon (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ru фу́ра (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · te ట్రక్ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · kn ಟ್ರಕ್ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · gu ટ્રક (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · is flutningabíll (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · is vörubíll (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mn ачааны машин (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · alt кош тартар кӧлӱк (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ga leoraí (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · acw شاحنة (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · uz gruzovik (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hu kamion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · te లారీ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ro camion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · uli charaak (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ru грузова́я маши́на (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · az yük maşını (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mr ट्रक (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mi taraka (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km ឡានធំ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · prs لَارِی (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nan-hbl 卡車 /卡车 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · lb Camion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bg камио́н (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · it camion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mi motorore (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ayn وايت (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · oj aawadaasoowidaabaan (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hu teherautó (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nl vrachtauto (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sw lori (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · el φορτάμαξα (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · et veoauto (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fi nuppi (top of a flagpole) · ka სატვირთო (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nl camion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · is vörubifreið (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · pga lori (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km កាមីញ៉ុង (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cmn 卡車 /卡车 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · su truk (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · uk фу́ра (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ug قارا ماشىنا (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · he מַשָּׂאִית (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · am የጭነት መኪና (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ca camió (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cs kamión (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · uz yuk avtomobili (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · gd làraidh (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ky жүк ташуучу (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · khb ᦟᦷᧆᦎᦱᧂᧈᦆᦷ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · de Lastkraftwagen (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · pt caminhão (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mel terak (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · pl ciężarówka (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · af vragmotor (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mr लॉरी (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · yi משׂא־אויטאָ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sv lastvagn (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ml ട്രക്ക് (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cs kamion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · kk жүк машинасы (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · uz yuk mashina (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nan-hbl 貨車 /货车 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ur ٹْرَک (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fi rekka-auto (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fi kuorma-auto (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · it autocarro (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hi ट्रक (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · tk gruzowik (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · yue 卡車 /卡车 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · is trukkur (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sv lastbil (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bo མོ་ཊ་ཊག (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sk nákladiak (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sl kamion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cs náklaďák (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mn ᠠᠴᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠤ ᠮᠠᠰᠢᠨ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cmn 載貨汽車 /载货汽车 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · or ଟ୍ରକ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ar كَمْيُون (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · my ကုန်တင်ကား (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · da truck (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · tl dakbatlag (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · my ကုန်ကား (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · dv ލޮރީ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fa-ira ماشینِ باری (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · io kamiono (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hi माल गाड़ी (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · be фу́ра (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bo ཊག་འཁོར (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ar لُورِي (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mt trakk (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · kl biili usisaat (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ps ټرک (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · pa ਟਰੱਕ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · de Lieferwagen (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · be грузавы́ аўтамабі́ль (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mi rore (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ny lore class 9/6 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · pl samochód ciężarowy (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · de LKW (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · lv kravas automašīna (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ps لارۍ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cy lori (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · uk ванта́жний автомобі́ль (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ny gálímoto class 9/6 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mk камио́н (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · da lastbil (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sv flaggstångsknopp (top of a flagpole) · am ካሚዮን (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · da lastvogn (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hi लारी (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ur لاری (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bo དོས་འཁོར (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km ឡានទ្រុង (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ajp شاحنة (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · mg kamiao (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · be грузаві́к (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bg боклу́ци (dirt or other messiness) · sh kamìōn (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hu haszongépjármű (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nn lastebil (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sh камѝо̄н (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · szl auto ćynżarowe (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sq kamion (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ja トラック (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · tk ýük maşyny (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sm loli (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · gl camión (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cs nákladní auto (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cmn 貨車 /货车 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km ឡូរី (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · to loli (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ky грузовик (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · el φορτηγό (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · id truk (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sk nákladné auto (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km អូតូការ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · nb lastebil (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · is vöruflutningabíll (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · es camión (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ms trak (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · id prahoto (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ast camión (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · cy lorri (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · kl biili nioqqutissanik assartuut (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ru грузови́к (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · as ট্ৰাক (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · aii ܛܵܥܘܿܢܬܵܐ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km រថបន្ទុក (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · khb ᦟᦷᧆᦟᦱᧅᦆᦷ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · de Brummi (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · de Laster (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · twf tròkiʼína (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · dtp luri (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · km រថទំនិញ (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ko 트럭 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · pt camião (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fi rekka (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · fi märssy (nautical: disc or rectangle of wood near or at the top of the mast) · ja 貨物自動車 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ka სატვირთო მანქანა (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · yue 貨車 /货车 (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · ug يۈك ئاپتوموبىلى (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · uk вантажі́вка (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · sk kamión (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bn লরি (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · is flutningabifreið (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · hy բեռնատար (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · st teraka (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · el νταλίκα (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · bzj chrok (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck) · is vöruflutningabifreið (heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods — see also semi-trailer truck, pickup truck)

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truck en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/tɹʌk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/tɹʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los) Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der. Medieval Latin trochleader. Anglo-Norman troclebor. Middle English trokel English truckle? English truck Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós).

Meanings

(intransitive) To drive a truck.
- My father has been trucking for 20 years.
(transitive) To convey by truck.
- Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque.
- Colson was to truck the 'plane to Alice Springs, where it would be trained to Adelaide for repairs. 1931, Ion L. Idriess, Lasseter's Last Ride, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 46:
(US, intransitive, slang) To travel, to proceed.
- Instead, when relatives heard that the right ship had docked, they trucked over to Ellis Island and waited desperately by the Kissing Post. 2009 May 20, Maggie Koerth-Baker, “Ten important kisses in history”, in Mental Floss, CNN:
- I want to tell you a story from 'way back: / Truck on down and gig me, jack / In eighteen hundred and sixty-five / A hep cat started some jive / He said, "Come on, gates, and jump with me / At the Juneteenth Jamboree." 1940, Sam Price, “June Teenth Jamboree”, performed by Louis Jordan:
- In November 1978, Hay and Starratt trucked on down toward the Classic City in a VW Van (of course), following the Grateful Dead's tour […] 2022 August 12, Lee Valentine Smith, “Athens band still Squallin' after all these years”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
- I brought them around again, hard, and some fluff hit me in the face, cool and wet. . .and I laughed and trucked on down, a mad. fiddler dancing to my own music, happy and alone in my private white world. 1974 October 14, Skiing, volume 27, number 2, page 194:
(Canada, US, intransitive, slang) To persist, to endure.
- It has been five months since I left Mt. Diablo , and I'm still trucking along gaining slowly and I'm just a few pounds from my goal healthy weight. I'm the happiest I've been in my life because through my experiences with anorexia I[…] 1988, Krista Brown, Prepared Statement, to the United States House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, regarding 'Eating Disorders: The Impact on Children and Families', July 31, 1987, page 22:
- “What's ol' Harrison up to these days, Larry?” Grandpa asked. “Oh, he's still trucking along,” Uncle Larry replied. 2018 September 4, Brittany Terwilliger, The Insatiables, Amberjack Publishing, →ISBN:
- Keep on trucking!
(intransitive, qualifier:film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
(slang, transitive) To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
- Both deputies were big, made of dense flesh and tough experience. . . . I wouldn't have wanted to truck with either one of them. 1993, Sue Grafton, "J" Is for Judgment:
(slang, transitive) To run over or through a tackler in American football.

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Spelling	Features	Source
trucked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
trucked	Tense=Past	lexicographic
trucking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
trucks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic

Deriveds

trucker · trucking · keep on trucking

Translations (9)

el οδηγώ φορτηγό (drive a truck) · pt dirigir um caminhão (drive a truck) · de (mit dem Lastwagen) fahren (drive a truck) · it guidare un camion (drive a truck) · pt conduzir um camião (drive a truck) · fr conduire un camion (drive a truck) · de (im LKW) transportieren (drive a truck) · da køre en lastbil (drive a truck) · it guidare un autocarro (drive a truck)

truck en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/tɹʌk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/tɹʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English truken, troken, trukien, from Old English trucian (“to fail, run short, deceive, disappoint”), from Proto-West Germanic *trokōn (“to fail, miss, lack”), from Proto-Indo-European *derew-, *derwu- (“to tear, wrap, reap”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to flay, split”). Cognate with Middle Low German troggelen (“to cheat, deceive, swindle”), Dutch troggelen (“to extort”), German dialectal truggeln (“to flatter, fawn”).

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(dialectal, intransitive) To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
(dialectal, intransitive) To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
(dialectal, intransitive) To deceive; cheat; defraud.

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
trucks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
trucked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
trucked	Tense=Past		lexicographic
trock		alternative	lexicographic
trucking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic

Deriveds

trucker · trucking · trucky · truckle

Relateds

atroke · troke

truck en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/tɹʌk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/tɹʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)

Etymology

From dialectal truck, truk, trokk, probably of North Germanic origin, compare Norwegian dialectal trokka, trakka (“to stamp, trample, go to and fro”), Danish trykke (“to press, press down, crush, squeeze”), Swedish trycka. More at thrutch.

Meanings

(Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive) To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).

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Spelling	Features	Source
trucks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
trucking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
trucked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
trucked	Tense=Past	lexicographic

truck en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/tɹʌk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/tɹʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English trukien, from unrecorded Anglo-Norman and Old French words, from Latin trocāre, from Frankish *trokan. Related to Etymology 2.

Meanings

(dialectal, in-plural, intransitive, obsolete, often) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
- There was sheds made out of poles and roofed over with branches, where they had lemonade and gingerbread to sell, and piles of watermelons and green corn and such-like truck. 1884, Mark Twain, chapter 20, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:
- It happened in this way, on a day when I was indulging in a particularly greenery-yallery fit of gloom. Norah rushed into my room. I think I was mooning over some old papers, or letters, or ribbons, or some such truck in the charming, knife-turning way that women have when they are blue. 1911, Edna Ferber, chapter 5, in Dawn O'Hara, the Girl who Laughed:
(dialectal, historical, intransitive) 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].
(US, attributive, dialectal, intransitive, often) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
- "Wid dat, Brer Rabbit 'low dat Mr. Man done been had 'im hired fer ter take keer er his truck patch, an' keep out de minks, de mush-rats an' de weasels. 1903, Joel Chandler Harris, chapter 11, in "Brother Rabbit's Cradle", New Stories of the Old Plantation:
- I obtained my first view of a lunar city. It was built around a crater, and the buildings were terraced back from the rim, the terraces being generally devoted to the raising of garden truck and the principal fruit-bearing trees and shrubs. 1923, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter 10, in The Moon Maid:
- As the home house people (the industrious part of them at least) might want ground for their truck patches, they might, for this purpose, cultivate what would be cleared. But I would have the ground from the cross fence by the Spring, quite round by the Wharf, first grubbed, before the (above mentioned) is attempted. 1792 November 4, George Washington, (Please provide the book title or journal name), quoted in The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources: Volume 32, 1745-1799.:
(dialectal, intransitive, usually, with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
- "How can I decide?" said I. "You have not told me what you want of me. But I tell you now that if it is anything against the safety of the fort I will have no truck with it, so you can drive home your knife and welcome." 1890 February, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Strange Story of Jonathan Small”, in The Sign of Four (Standard Library), London: Spencer Blackett […], →OCLC, page 240:
(dialectal, intransitive, usually, with negative) Relevance, bearing.
- Many people involved in classical music today, themselves gay, see no reason why their sexuality should have any truck in their music. 1983 December 17, Kenneth Hale-Wehmann, “Coming Out on Record: A Triumph in Gay Music”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 22, page 15:
- For this reason, Washington is a wonderful and proven humbler of the Texan conceit: Washington isn't a state, and yet it is metaphorically bigger than Texas. It's where Texas learns that not everyone is in love with Texas. (Where yer from orig'nally has no truck here.) 2001 January 19, Hank Stuever, “A Fantasy as Big As All Texas”, in Washington Post:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
trucks	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

truck garden · have no truck with

truck en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

(Australia) audio
/tɹʌk/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/tɹʊk/ (Ireland, Northern-England)

Etymology

From Middle English trukien, from unrecorded Anglo-Norman and Old French words, from Latin trocāre, from Frankish *trokan. Related to Etymology 2.

Meanings

(dialectal, intransitive, transitive) To trade, exchange; barter.
- We will begin by supposing the international trade to be in form, what it always is in reality, an actual trucking of one commodity against another. 1848, John Stuart Mill, Principles of Political Economy: With Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], →OCLC:
(dialectal, intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
- But while this businesse was in hand, Arrived one Captaine Argall, and Master Thomas Sedan, sent by Master Cornelius to truck with the Collony [...] 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman 1988 edition:
(dialectal, intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
trucking	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
trucks	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
trucked	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
trucked	Tense=Past	lexicographic

truck en · NOUN · etymology 1

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