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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
truck1 /trʌk/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Transporta motor vehicle for carrying goods and materials:Those big trucks were blocking the roads.
  2. Transporta frame, platform, or open cart with wheels used for transporting heavy objects.
  3. Transporthand truck.

v. 
  1. Transport to transport or deliver (articles, etc.) by truck:[~ + object]to truck some vegetables to the market.
  2. [Informal.]to proceed, esp. in a carefree manner:[no object]I'm just trucking along, no problems.
truck•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
truck1  (truk),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Transportany 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.
  2. Transportany of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects.
  3. TransportAlso 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.
  4. Transporta low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved;
    a dolly.
  5. Transporta tiered framework on casters.
  6. Rail Transporta group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railroad car, locomotive, etc.
  7. Cinema[Motion Pictures.]a dolly on which a camera is mounted.
  8. Rail Transport, British Terms[Brit.]a freight car having no top.
  9. Transporta small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages.
  10. Nautical, Naval Termsa 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.

v.t. 
  1. Transportto transport by truck.
  2. Transportto put on a truck.
  3. Transport, Cinemadolly (def. 11).

v.i. 
  1. Transportto convey articles or goods on a truck.
  2. Transportto drive a truck.
  3. Transportdolly (def. 12).

adj. 
  1. Transportof, pertaining to, or for a truck or trucks:a truck drive; truck tires.
  • back formation from truckle wheel. See truckle2 1605–15
truck′a•ble, adj. 

truck2 (truk),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. Agriculturevegetables raised for the market.
  2. miscellaneous articles of little worth;
    odds and ends.
  3. Informal Termstrash or rubbish:That's a lot of truck.
  4. [Informal.]dealings:I'll have no truck with him.
  5. barter.
  6. a bargain or deal.
  7. the payment of wages in goods instead of money.
  8. See truck system. 

v.t. 
  1. to exchange;
    trade;
    barter.

v.i. 
  1. to exchange commodities;
    barter.
  2. to traffic;
    have dealings.
  • Old French troquer to exchange
  • Middle English trukien to exchange 1175–1225

truck3 (truk),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. Music and Dancea shuffling jitterbug step.

v.i. 
  1. Music and Danceto dance with such steps.
  2. Slang Termsto walk or stroll, esp. in a jaunty manner:trucking down the avenue on a Sunday afternoon.
  • special use of truck1 1935–40

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
truck /trʌk/ n
  1. Brit a vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon
  2. US Canadian Austral a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platformAlso called (esp in Britain): lorry
  3. a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc
    • a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards
    • the head of a mast itself
  5. any wheeled vehicle used to move goods
 vb
  1. to convey (goods) in a truck
  2. (intransitive) chiefly US Canadian to drive a truck
Etymology: 17th Century: perhaps shortened from truckle2
truck /trʌk/ n
  1. commercial goods
  2. dealings (esp in the phrase have no truck with)
  3. commercial exchange
  4. archaic payment of wages in kind
  5. miscellaneous articles
  6. informal rubbish
  7. US Canadian vegetables grown for market
 vb
  1. archaic to exchange (goods); barter
  2. (intransitive) to traffic or negotiate
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French troquer (unattested) to barter, equivalent to Medieval Latin trocare, of unknown origin

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