trucking

¹ American  

[truhk-ing] / ˈtrʌk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the art or business of conveying articles or goods on trucks.

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trucking ² American  

[truhk-ing] / ˈtrʌk ɪŋ /

noun

1. the growing of vegetables for the market.

2. commercial bartering.

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trucking ¹ British  

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

1. Also called: truck farming.   market gardening.  the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale

2. commercial exchange; barter

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trucking ² British  

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

1. the transportation of goods by lorry

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Etymology

Origin of trucking¹

First recorded in 1800–10; truck ¹ + -ing ¹

Origin of trucking²

First recorded in 1585–95; truck ² + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

In April, torrential rains damaged sections of the Angolan railway, forcing LAR to rely temporarily on trucking while repairs were carried out.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

“Shippers are looking more to rail conversion as they weigh the impact of higher fuel and trucking costs,” Maryclare Kenney, CSX’s chief commercial officer, said during the company’s earnings call.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

But it isn’t clear those workarounds would deliver enough fuel to support the world’s largest trucking fleet on roads from Guangdong to Xinjiang.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

In February, it tanked trucking and transport stocks when it said it had an AI technology capable of increasing trucking efficiencies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

It belonged to my brother Shawn, who’d quarreled with my father at seventeen and run off to work odd jobs, mostly trucking and welding.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover