truck stop

noun

1. a gas station, usually at the side of a major highway, where truck drivers stop for fuel, and often including a restaurant, sleeping and showering rooms, a store selling basic items, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of truck stop¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Officers found her at a truck stop in Posen, Illinois, where they said Geyser told them to "just Google" her name and that she had "done something really bad".

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At a truck stop along the Grapevine, they pulled off what is believed to be the biggest jewelry heist in U.S. history and vanished into the predawn dark.

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In one instance, he recalled, a Sikh driver waiting at a truck stop was harassed, and when he called 911, the cops showed up and asked the driver to leave.

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In 2022, a Brink’s big rig transporting millions of dollars of jewelry was burgled at a Grapevine truck stop.

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When the big rig departed the San Mateo County Event Center that night, it touched off a complex choreography that culminated at an Interstate 5 truck stop about 70 miles north of Los Angeles.

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