any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
any of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects.
Also called hand truck. a barrowlike frame with low wheels, a ledge at the bottom, and handles at the top, used to move heavy luggage, packages, cartons, etc.
a low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved; a dolly.
a tiered framework on casters.
a group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railroad car, locomotive, etc.
a small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages.
Nautical. a circular or square piece of wood fixed on the head of a mast or the top of a flagstaff, usually containing small holes for signal halyards.
mainlyUS and Canadianthe transportation of goods by lorry
trucking
2
noun
Also called: truck farming, (Brit, Austral., NZ, and South African)market gardeningUS and Canadianthe business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale
commercial exchange; barter
truck
1
noun
Britisha vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon
US, Canadian and Australiana large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platformAlso called (esp in Britain): lorry
a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc
nautical
a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards
the head of a mast itself
any wheeled vehicle used to move goods
verb
to convey (goods) in a truck
(intr)mainlyUS and Canadianto drive a truck
Word Origin for truck
C17: perhaps shortened from truckle ²
truck
2
noun
commercial goods
dealings (esp in the phrase have no truck with)
commercial exchange
archaicpayment of wages in kind
miscellaneous articles
informalrubbish
US and Canadianvegetables grown for market
verb
archaicto exchange (goods); barter
(intr)to traffic or negotiate
Word Origin for truck
C13: from Old French troquer (unattested) to barter, equivalent to Medieval Latin trocare, of unknown origin
"vehicle," 1610s, "small wheel" (especially one on which the carriages of a ship's guns were mounted), probably from Latin trochus "iron hoop," from Greek trokhos "wheel," from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). Sense extended to "cart for carrying heavy loads" (1774), then in American English to "motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads" (1913), a shortened form of motor truck in this sense (1901).
There have also been lost to the enemy 6,200 guns, 2,550 tanks and 70,000 trucks, which is the American name for lorries, and which, I understand, has been adopted by the combined staffs in North-West Africa in exchange for the use of the word petrol in place of gasolene. [Winston Churchill, address to joint session of U.S. Congress, May 19, 1943]
Truck stop is attested from 1956.
truck
v.1
"to exchange, barter," early 13c., from Old North French troquer "to barter, exchange," from Medieval Latin trocare "barter," of unknown origin. Rare before 1580. Sense of "have dealings with" is first recorded 1610s. The noun is first recorded 1550s, "act or practice of barter." Sense of "vegetables raised for market" is from 1784, preserved in truck farm (1866).
truck
v.2
"to convey on a truck," 1809, from truck (n.). Verbal meaning "dance, move in a cool way," first attested 1935, from popular dance of that name in U.S., supposedly introduced at Cotton Club, 1933. Related: Trucked; trucking.
