hand truck

American  

noun

1. truck.

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Etymology

Origin of hand truck

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Did I share that some have the ability to connect to an integral two-wheeled hand truck to transport them to a job site?

From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2024

Quarters quite literally rolled in, sometimes in 5-gallon water jugs that had to be carted in on a hand truck, or in 3-1/2-foot-tall banks shaped like Molson beer bottles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2020

It was White, you might remember, who expressed outrage in Brooklyn in April when McGregor took a hand truck and smashed the window of the bus carrying Nurmagomedov and others.

From Washington Times • Oct. 7, 2018

After six months in Mexico, he moved to downtown Los Angeles to work a hand truck at a produce wholesaler.

From Washington Post • Jul. 17, 2018

Zach, I noticed, had stopped loading supers onto the hand truck and watched, shaking his head like he couldn’t believe he was witnessing another scene where people’s worst sides come out.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd