trucking

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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trucking¹

n

(Business / Commerce) Chiefly US and Canadian the transportation of goods by lorry

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trucking²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) the usual US and Canadian term for market gardening

2. (Business / Commerce) commercial exchange; barter

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

trucking - the activity of transporting goods by truck hauling, truckage shipping, transport, transportation - the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials cartage, carting - the work of taking something away in a cart or truck and disposing of it

Translations

trucking [ˈtrʌkɪŋ]

A. N (esp US) → acarreo m, transporte m (en camión)

B. CPD trucking company N → compañía f de transporte por carretera

trucking [ˈtrʌkɪŋ] n (mainly US) → transport m routier
trucking company n (US) → entreprise f de transport (routier)

trucking

n (esp US) → Spedition f, → Transport m

trucking [ˈtrʌkɪŋ] n (Am) → autotrasporto, trasporto su gomma

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trucking [ˈtrʌkɪŋ] n (Am) → autotrasporto, trasporto su gomma