truck

Meaning

Noun

1. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
2. The ball on top of a flagpole.
3. On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck".
4. A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods.
5. A lorry with a closed or covered carriage.
6. A railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods
7. Any smaller wagon/cart or vehicle of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, used to move and sometimes lift goods, like those in hotels for moving luggage or in libraries for moving books.
8. Abbreviation of railroad truck or wheel truck; a pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with curves in the track.
9. The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
10. A platform with wheels or casters.
11. Dirt or other messiness.

Verb

1. To drive a truck.
2. To convey by truck.
3. (slang) To travel, to proceed.
4. (slang) To persist, to endure.
5. To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
6. (slang) To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
7. (slang) To run over or through a tackler in American football.

Verb

1. To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
2. To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
3. To deceive; cheat; defraud.

Verb

To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).

Verb

1. To trade, exchange; barter.
2. To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
3. To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.

Concepts

truck

lorry

car

van

bus

tractor

wagon

freight car

motortruck

vehicle

carriage

bogie

trolley

hand truck

autotruck

camion

barter

swap

motorcar

freight train

towing engine

automobile

coach

waggon

ten - wheeled truck

ten wheeler

dealings

involvement

small wagon

wagonette

dicker

sundries

stuff

bargain

traffic

negotiate

potter

stroll

barter goods

to barter

bandy

swop

greens

vegetables

barney

bullfrog

donkey

groundhog

larry

mule

ram

motorlorry

gondola car

auto truck

motor lorry

straight job

truck section

load-carrying vehicle

loader

cargo truck

cargo vehicle

goods vehicle

load carrier

motor truck

heavy goods vehicle

bear

carry

channel

chauffeur

conduct

convey

deliver

dribble

drive

drive around

ferry

guide

haul

pass

piggyback

propel

ship

take

take away

transit

transport

articulated lorry

rig

tractor trailer

trailer truck

transporter

trucking rig

pushcart

carrier

flatcar

delivery truck

motor vehicle

HGV

jeepney

luggage-van

change

exchange

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹʌk/

Etymology

Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós).

Sentences

He was standing on a pickup truck with a megaphone and propagated his opinion .