trucking

¹

[ truhk-ing ]

noun

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

trucking

²

[ truhk-ing ]

noun

1. the growing of vegetables for the market.
2. commercial bartering.

trucking

¹

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

1. the transportation of goods by lorry

trucking

²

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

1. Also calledtruck farmingBrit, Austral., NZ, and South Africanmarket gardening the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale
2. commercial exchange; barter

Word History and Origins

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

Later in 2019, Aurora pivoted to long-haul trucking as the first application for its self-driving technology.

From Ars Technica

Nikola bulls believed the company would do for hydrogen-powered, long-haul trucking what Tesla has done for electric cars.

From Fortune

Gatik cofounder and CEO Gautam Narang describes his company’s goal as addressing the “middle mile” of autonomous transport, between long-haul trucking and last-mile delivery robots.

From Fortune

In July, the Treasury Department made a $700 million loan to YRC Worldwide, a struggling trucking company backed by Apollo.

From Washington Post

That work has accelerated since spring 2019 when Daimler took a majority stake in Torc Robotics, an autonomous trucking startup that had been working with Luminar the past two years.

From TechCrunch

The trucking roads make it easier for predators to wipe out prey.

From The Daily Beast

He called it the Twilight Express Trucking, no doubt in tribute to the series of books and movies.

From The Daily Beast

Meanwhile, school buses, trucking fleets, and delivery vehicles are being converted to run on compressed natural gas.

From The Daily Beast

The FBI has used them to recover diverted trucking shipments of consumer electronics.

From The Daily Beast

Canvass of the local trucking industry brought to light the conveyor of that elegant article of furniture.

From Project Gutenberg

Some day I'm going to have a trucking business of my own; there's good money in it.

From Project Gutenberg

Within a few years a whole settlement of shacks grows up around it, and soon the trucking of the neighborhood is in foreign hands.

From Project Gutenberg

Since the cost of transportation varies with the distance, the trucking charge is customarily given as a separate item.

From Project Gutenberg

Trees were in full leaf, and numerous cold frames showed that trucking was in full operation.

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