English Explanatory Dictionary

truck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.
  5. A railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods.
  6. Any smaller wagon or 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. A platform with wheels or casters.
  10. Dirt or other messiness.
verb
  1. To drive a truck.
  2. To convey by truck.
  3. To travel, to proceed.
  4. To persist, to endure.
  5. To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
  6. To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
  7. 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
  1. 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.
noun
  1. Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
  2. The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer [forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts].
  3. Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
  4. Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
  5. Relevance, bearing.

Pronunciation

/tɹʌk/ /tɹʊk/ en-us-truck.ogg en-au-truck.ogg

Word forms

truck trucks trucking trucked trock

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- Proto-Indo-European *drem-influ. Ancient Greek τρέχω (trékhō) Ancient Greek -ῐ́λος (-ĭ́los) Ancient Greek τροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek -είᾱ (-eíā) Ancient Greek τροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)der. Medieval Latin trochleader. Anglo-Norman troclebor. Middle English trokel English truckle? English truck Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós).

Synonyms

lorry goods wagon freight wagon goods carriage freight carriage goods truck freight truck freight car bogie

Related words

main-truck crow's nest gun-carriage semi trailer truck rig monster truck atroke troke

Derived words

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