tow truck

American  

noun

1. wrecker.

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tow truck British  

noun

1. Also called: breakdown van.   wrecker.  a motor vehicle equipped for towing away wrecked or disabled cars

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Etymology

Origin of tow truck

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

In one recording, a tow truck is seen leaving the scene with someone’s car.

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He was a waiter, a tow truck driver and an aide to students with special needs.

From Los Angeles Times

At 6 a.m. in early December, an unlabeled white tow truck cruised into Jesse Roller’s Chino neighborhood.

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They can be summoned via the third-party app Honk, which chiefly is used by tow truck operators to find stranded customers.

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One of the officers chased the tow truck on foot and saw that the suspect was ‘laughing’ as he recorded the officer with his cellphone, according to an affidavit filed in federal court.

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