truck

truck ¹  (trk)

n.

1. Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.

2. A hand truck.

3. A wheeled platform, sometimes equipped with a motor, for conveying loads in a warehouse or freight yard.

4. One of the swiveling frames of wheels under each end of a railroad car or trolley car.

5. A set of bookshelves mounted on four wheels or casters, used in libraries.

6. Nautical A small piece of wood placed at the top of a mast or flagpole, usually having holes through which halyards can be passed.

7. Chiefly British A railroad freight car without a top.

v. trucked, truck·ing, trucks

v.tr.

To transport by truck.

v.intr.

1. To carry goods by truck.

2. To drive a truck.

3. Slang To move or travel in a steady but easy manner.

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[Short for truckle or from Latin trochus, iron hoop (from Greek trokhos, wheel).]

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truck ²  (trk)

v. trucked, truck·ing, trucks

v.tr.

1. To exchange; barter.

2. To peddle.

v.intr.

To have dealings or commerce; traffic.

n.

1. Articles of commerce; trade goods.

2. Garden produce raised for the market.

3. Informal Worthless goods; stuff or rubbish: "Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What is that truck?" (Mark Twain).

4. Barter; exchange.

5. Informal Dealings; business: We'll have no further truck with them.

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[Middle English trukien, from Old North French troquer.]

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truck¹

n

1. (Transport / Railways) Brit a vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon

2. another name (esp US, Canadian, and Austral.) for lorry [1]

3. (Transport / Railways) a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc.

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical

a.  a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards

b.  the head of a mast itself

5. any wheeled vehicle used to move goods

vb

1. to convey (goods) in a truck

2. (intr) Chiefly US and Canadian to drive a truck

[perhaps shortened from truckle²]

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truck²

n

1. (Business / Commerce) commercial goods

2. dealings (esp in the phrase have no truck with)

3. (Business / Commerce) commercial exchange

4. (Business / Commerce) Archaic payment of wages in kind

5. miscellaneous articles

6. Informal rubbish

7. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) US and Canadian vegetables grown for market

vb

1. (Business / Commerce) Archaic to exchange (goods); barter

2. (intr) to traffic or negotiate

[from Old French troquer (unattested) to barter, equivalent to Medieval Latin trocare, of unknown origin]

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truck

• roo bar - An Australian term for a metal bar on the front of a car or truck that prevents the vehicle from being damaged in the event of a collision with an animal (such as a kangaroo).
• snow groomer - A truck or other vehicle, either with tracks running along both sides or dragging equipment behind, used to maintain ski hills and groom (pack down) snow.
• truck farm - Refers to the sense of truck as "commodities for sale," and, later, "garden produce for market."
• truck - Formed by combining Latin trochos, "wheel," and Greek trechein, "to run," it originally referred to a wooden wheel.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling motortruck bumper - a mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage dump truck, dumper, tip truck, tipper lorry, tipper truck, tipper - 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 fire engine, fire truck - any of various large trucks that carry firemen and equipment to the site of a fire dustcart, garbage truck - a truck for collecting domestic refuse; "in Britain a garbage truck is called a dustcart" camion, lorry - a large truck designed to carry heavy loads; usually without sides automotive vehicle, motor vehicle - a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails pickup, pickup truck - a light truck with an open body and low sides and a tailboard roof - protective covering on top of a motor vehicle sound truck - a truck equipped with a loudspeaker and used for advertising anti-sway bar, stabilizer bar - a rigid metal bar between the front suspensions and between the rear suspensions of cars and trucks; serves to stabilize the chassis tailboard, tailgate - a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading tow car, tow truck, wrecker - a truck equipped to hoist and pull wrecked cars (or to remove cars from no-parking zones) tractor - a truck that has a cab but no body; used for pulling large trailers or vans articulated lorry, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig, rig, semi - a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together car transporter, transporter - a long truck for carrying motor vehicles van - a truck with an enclosed cargo space
	2.	truck - a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects hand truck handcart, pushcart, cart, go-cart - wheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels; "he used a handcart to carry the rocks away"; "their pushcart was piled high with groceries"
Verb	1.	truck - convey (goods etc.) by truck; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains" transport - move something or somebody around; usually over long distances

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truck

noun

1. lorry, juggernaut, HGV (Brit.), heavy goods vehicle, pick-up, van, dumper, pick-up truck, articulated lorry, dumper truck, pantechnicon (old-fashioned), tipper truck, bakkie (S. African) Now and then they heard the roar of a heavy truck.

2. dealings, business, association, contact, relations, communication, traffic, connection, transactions, intercourse, trade He would have no truck with deceit.

Translations

truck¹ [trʌk]

A. N

1. (esp US) (= lorry) → camión m

2. (Rail) (= wagon) → vagón m

3. (= hand trolley) → carretilla f

B. VT (US) → llevar, transportar

C. CPD truck driver N (esp US) → camionero/a m/f
truck stop N (US) → restaurante m de carretera

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truck² [trʌk]

A. N (= dealings) to have no truck with sb → no tener nada que ver con algn
we want no truck with that → no queremos tener nada que ver con eso

B. CPD truck farm N (US) → huerto m de hortalizas
truck farmer N (US) → hortelano/a m/f
truck farming N (US) → horticultura f
truck garden N = truck farm truck system N (Hist) → el trueque

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truck [ˈtrʌk] n

(mainly US) (= lorry) → camion m

(British) (RAILWAYS) → wagon à plateforme)m >

(= dealings) to have no truck with sb → refuser d'avoir affaire à qn
to have no truck with sth → refuser d'avoir quoi que ce soit à voir avec qch
truck driver n (mainly US) → camionneur m
He's a truck driver → Il est camionneur.

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truck (US):

truck farm

n → Gemüsefarm f

truck farmer

n → Gemüsegärtner(in) m(f)

truck garden

n → Gemüsegärtnerei f

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truck:

truckload

n → Wagenladung f; they came by the truck → sie kamen in ganzen Wagenladungen

truckman

n → Lastwagenfahrer m

truckstop

n (US) → Fernfahrerlokal nt

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truck¹

n

(esp Brit Rail) → Güterwagen m

(= barrow) → Karren m, → Wagen m; (for luggage) → Gepäckkarren m; (motorized) → Elektrokarren m

(= lorry) → Last(kraft)wagen m; (= van, pick-up) → Lieferwagen m

vt (US) → transportieren, spedieren

vi (US) → Lastwagen fahren

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truck²

n

(fig: = dealings) to have no truck with somebody/something → mit jdm/etw nichts zu tun haben

(Hist: = payment) truck (system) → Trucksystem nt (spec); they were paid in truck → sie wurden in Waren bezahlt

(US: = garden produce) → Gemüse nt (für den Verkauf angebaut)

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truck¹ [trʌk] n

a. (Brit) (Rail) (wagon) → carro m merci inv (aperto)

b. (esp Am) (lorry) → camion m inv, autocarro

c. (for luggage) → carrello m portabagagli inv

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truck² [trʌk] n to have no truck with sb → non volere avere a che fare con qn

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truck

n truck [trak]

1 a railway vehicle for carrying goods. wa شاحِنَه товарен влак nákladní vagón godsvogn (offener) Güterwagen φορτηγό βαγόνι vagón (de carga) kaubavagun واگن باری kuorma-auto wagon à plateforme מַשָׂאִית ट्रक kamion tehervagon gerbong flutningavagn carro, vagone 貨車 화차 prekinis vagonas preču vagons trak vrachtwagen godsvogn lora vagão de carga vagon-platformă товарная платформа nákladný vagón odprt tovorni vagon kamion godsvagn รถบรรทุก yük vagonu (鐵路上用的)無蓋貨車 багажний візок, вагонетка ٹرک toa trần （铁路上用的）无盖货车

2 (especially American) a lorry He drives a truck; (also adjective) a truck-driver. vragmotor سائِق شاحِنَه камион nákladní auto lastbil; lastbil- der Lastwagen, Lastwagen-... φορτηγό camión veoauto کامیون rekka (de) camion מַשָׂאִית ट्रक चालक kamion teherautó, kamion truk vöruflutningabíll camion トラック 트럭 sunkvežimis kravas automašīna lori vrachtwagen lastebil ciężarówka camião (de) camion грузовик nákladné auto tovornjak kamion lastbil รถบรรทุก kamyon 卡車(的) вантажний автомобіль, вантажівка لاري xe tải 卡车（的）

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truck → شاحِنة, شاحِنة لورى nákladní auto, nákladní vagon lastbil Güterwagen, Lastwagen φορτηγό camión junan tavaravaunu, kuorma-auto camion kamion autocarro, camion トラック, 無蓋貨車 트럭 vrachtwagen godsvogn, lastebil ciężarówka, wagon towarowy camião, caminhão грузовик lastbil รถบบรทุก, รถสินค้าในขบวนรถไฟ kamyon toa chở hàng, xe tải 卡车, 货车