over-the-road

[oh-ver-thuh-rohd]

adjective

1. of, for, or pertaining to transportation on public highways.

   over-the-road trucks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of over-the-road¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“A lot of drivers don’t want to go over-the-road,” Khang said, using a term that means jobs that require drivers to cross state lines.

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Prosecutors said Howell was employed as a delivery driver for the Cincinnati Enquirer and was an over-the-road truck driver, and “his possible victims are not necessarily limited to this geographic region.”

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Diverting shipments to over-the-road transportation would require an additional 467,000 long-haul trucks per day, exceeding availability, AAR said.

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Only 7 percent of the 300,000 to 500,000 so-called over-the-road truck drivers in the United States are women.

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Mr. Graves is what is known in trucker vernacular as an over-the-road driver, meaning that he typically does not make it home by nightfall.

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