tow truck

noun

1. wrecker.

tow truck

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tow truck¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—From the cab of his tow truck, George Dowdy clicked a remote control to slide the boom under a parked Chevy Trax and grab its front tires.

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She said a tow truck driver had also towed a government vehicle that was involved in Martinez’s arrest.

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The dramatic video shows the tow truck screeching around a corner as a pickup truck hangs precariously from its bed.

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They submitted what the department called “staged photographs” of the damaged Bentley on a tow truck.

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“The officers and the tow truck operators failed to take any kind of inventory, or to see if there was a live person inside.”

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