food truck

American  

[food truhk] / ˈfud ˈtrʌk /

noun

1. a truck or van from which food is sold, as to people on the street.

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Etymology

Origin of food truck

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

And Houlihan had ordered a beef burrito, not pork, meaning that the food truck would have needed to serve the wrong order without her realizing it.

From The Wall Street Journal

The plan was simple: Pop up for roughly a year, then spring for a food truck and slowly grow the operation into a bricks-and-mortar.

From Los Angeles Times

"After nearly 80 days of a total blockade, starving people will not let a food truck pass," the WFP added.

From BBC

There was a food truck offering free burgers and french fries.

From Los Angeles Times

On the other side was the Fatburger food truck preparing to distribute 500 free burgers, part of an initiative to give away 10,000 burgers in the Los Angeles area to evacuees and first responders.

From Los Angeles Times