tipper truck

British

noun

Also called: tip truck. a truck or lorry the rear platform of which can be raised at the front end to enable the load to be discharged by gravity

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There were 42,000 larger illegal tips - so big that waste criminals would have needed a tipper truck or larger.

From BBC • Jan. 17, 2024

A motorway is closed after a tipper truck collided with an overhead gantry.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2023

The wife of one of the tipper truck crash victims felt "completely lost" after his death.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2016

Three men have denied killing four people including a four-year-old girl in a tipper truck crash.

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2016

One company that says it is not in a position to pay wage rises is AE Gough & Sons, a family-owned tipper truck company based in Llandindrod Wells in Wales.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2011

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