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noun
a truck carrying a loudspeaker from which speeches, music, etc., are broadcast, as for advertising, campaigning, or the like.
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Origin of sound truck

First recorded in 1935–40

Words nearby sound truck

sound spectrograph, sound stage, sound symbolism, sound system, soundtrack, sound truck, sound wave, Souness, Sounion, Sounion Head, soup
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How to use sound truck in a sentence

  • Even before the sound truck pulled out, the cars of the Caravan were breaking away from the mass and disappearing in the distance.

    Human Error|Raymond F. Jones

  • A sound-truck in a city, competing with all the traffic noises, will turn no more than fifteen watts of electricity into noise.

    Creatures of the Abyss|Murray Leinster

  • That brought a cheer from the crowd, as the sound truck moved on.

    Police Your Planet|Lester del Rey

British Dictionary definitions for sound truck

sound truck
noun
US and Canadian a motor vehicle carrying a public address systemalso called (in Britain and certain other countries) loudspeaker van
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