n.
- Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.
- A hand truck.
- A wheeled platform, sometimes equipped with a motor, for conveying loads in a warehouse or freight yard.
- One of the swiveling frames of wheels under each end of a railroad car or trolley car.
- A set of bookshelves mounted on four wheels or casters, used in libraries.
- Nautical. A small piece of wood placed at the top of a mast or flagpole, usually having holes through which halyards can be passed.
- Chiefly British. A railroad freight car without a top.
v., trucked, truck·ing, trucks. v.tr.
To transport by truck.
v.intr.
- To carry goods by truck.
- To drive a truck.
- Slang. To move or travel in a steady but easy manner.
[Short for TRUCKLE or from Latin trochus, iron hoop (from Greek trokhos, wheel).]
truck2 (trŭk)
v., trucked, truck·ing, trucks. v.tr.
- To exchange; barter.
- To peddle.
To have dealings or commerce; traffic.
n.
- Articles of commerce; trade goods.
- Garden produce raised for the market.
- Informal. Worthless goods; stuff or rubbish: "Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What is that truck?" (Mark Twain).
- Barter; exchange.
- Informal. Dealings; business: We'll have no further truck with them.
[Middle English trukien, from Old North French troquer.]
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