trucking

¹ American  

[truhk-ing] / ˈtrʌk ɪŋ /

noun

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

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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

Before investors started to worry that AI would hit the business models of trucking and real-estate companies, they saw clearer disruption risk for traditional software companies.

From MarketWatch

He dabbled in a range of businesses, including trucking cargo, importing fish feed and even farming eels.

From Barron's

In recent sessions, money managers have marked down stocks in industries as varied as software, wealth management and trucking, worried these businesses could be disrupted by artificial-intelligence tools.

From The Wall Street Journal

New developments in artificial intelligence have also disrupted entire sectors of the market in sudden and unexpected ways, rolling through insurers, data providers, wealth managers and even trucking companies in recent sessions.

From The Wall Street Journal

After software stocks fell on fears that AI would render those firms’ offerings obsolete, the tornado swept through other supposedly vulnerable sectors, notably financial services, commercial real estate, trucking, and logistics.

From Barron's