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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truck ¹

Noun

1. Brit a railway wagon for carrying freight

2. a large motor vehicle for transporting heavy loads

3. any wheeled vehicle used to move goods

Verb

Chiefly US to transport goods in a truck [perhaps from truckle a small wheel]

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truck ²

Noun

1. History the payment of wages in goods rather than in money

2. have no truck with to refuse to be involved with: the opposition will have no truck with the planned cut in pensions [Old French troquer (unattested) to barter]

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

Translations

truck [trʌk] n (US) → camión m;

(RAIL) → vagón m

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truck [trʌk] n → camion m;

(Rail) → wagon m à plate-forme;

(for luggage) → chariot m (à bagages)

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truck [trʌk] n (= lorry) → Lastwagen m;

(Rail) → Güterwagen m;

(for luggage) → Gepäckwagen m;

to have no truck with sb → nichts mit jdm zu tun haben

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truck [trʌk] n → autocarro, camion m inv;

(RAIL) → carro merci aperto;

(for luggage) → carrello m portabagagli inv

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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 tavaravaunu wagon à plateforme מַשָׂאִית ट्रक kamion tehervagon gerbong flutningavagn carro, vagone 貨車 트럭 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 kuorma-auto (de) camion מַשָׂאִית ट्रक चालक kamion teherautó, kamion truk vöruflutningabíll camion トラック 무개 화차 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）