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tipper truck

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tipper truck, lorry
n
(Engineering / Automotive Engineering) a truck or lorry the rear platform of which can be raised at the front end to enable the load to be discharged by gravity Also called tip truck
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Noun1.tipper truck - truck whose contents can be emptied without handlingtipper truck - truck whose contents can be emptied without handling; the front end of the platform can be pneumatically raised so that the load is discharged by gravity
dump truck, dumper, tip truck, tipper lorry, tipper
motortruck, truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
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Byline: KIM PILLING TWO men died when a tipper truck apparently hit an overhead power cable, police said last night.
Two die as truck hits power cable by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The victim's motorbike ended up underneath the tipper truck and both vehicles caught fire.
Fireball horror by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
A TEENAGER has died in hospital after being hit by a tipper truck after it mounted the pavement along a Rugby road.
Truck in tragedy by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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