Definition of truck in English

WordNet

Noun Plural: trucks
truck - an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
		motortruck
		automotive vehicle, motor vehicle a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails
		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
		pickup truck, pickup the act of taking aboard passengers or freight
		roof a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
		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 wheeled vehicle with large wheels; used in farming and other applications
		articulated lorry, tractor trailer, trailer truck, trucking rig, semi, rig a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together
		car transporter, transporter a crane for moving material with dispatch as in loading and unloading ships
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
Verb trucks, trucking, trucked
truck - convey (goods etc.) by truck; "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains"
		transport move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body; "You must carry your camping gear"; "carry the suitcases to the car"; "This train is carrying nuclear waste"; "These pipes carry waste water into the river"

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Wiktionary

truck (Noun)
A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun-carriage.
truck (Noun)
The ball on top of a flagpole.
truck (Noun)
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".
truck (Noun)
Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles including passenger autos fitted with a bed designed to carry goods.
truck (Noun)
A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
truck (Noun)
A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.
truck (Noun)
A pantechnicon removal van.
truck (Noun)
A flatbed railway car.
truck (Noun)
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. The axle on many types of railway car is not attached to the truck and relies on gravity to remain within the truck's brackets on the truck's base that hold the axle in place.
truck (Noun)
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.
truck (Noun)
A platform with wheels or casters.
truck (Noun)
Dirt or other messiness.
truck (Noun)
Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
truck (Noun)
Garden produce, groceries see truck garden .
truck (Noun)
Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
truck (Verb)
To fail; run out ; run short ; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
truck (Verb)
To give in ; give way ; knuckle under ; truckle.
truck (Verb)
To deceive; cheat; defraud.
truck (Verb)
To drive a truck.
truck (Verb)
To convey by truck.
truck (Verb)
To travel or live contentedly.
truck (Verb)
To persist, to endure.
truck (Verb)
To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
truck (Verb)
To run over or through a tackler in American football.
truck (Verb)
To tread down; stamp on; trample down.
truck (Verb)
To trade, exchange; barter.
truck (Verb)
To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
truck (Verb)
To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.
truck (Adjective)
Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden .

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

truck (v. i.)
A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
truck (v. i.)
A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
truck (v. i.)
A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
truck (v. i.)
A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
truck (v. i.)
A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
truck (v. i.)
A freight car.
truck (v. i.)
A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
truck (v. t.)
To transport on a truck or trucks.
truck (v. t.)
To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
truck (v. i.)
To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
truck (n.)
Exchange of commodities; barter.
truck (n.)
Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
truck (n.)
The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

truck
A large motor vehicle of more than 3,500 kilograms designed for carrying cargo.
truck
Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including vans and pickups.
truck
To convey (goods etc.) by truck.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

truck
truk, v.t. to exchange or barter.—v.i. to traffic by exchange.—n. exchange of goods: barter: (coll.) small goods: rubbish.—ns. Truck′age, the practice of exchanging or bartering goods; Truck′er; Truck′-farmer (U.S.), a market-gardener; Truck′-house, Truck′ing-house, a house for storing goods.—v.i. Truck′le, to yield meanly to the demands of another.—ns. Truck′ler; Truck′ling.—adj. fawning, slavish.—n. Truck′-sys′tem, the practice of paying workmen in goods instead of money.—Truck Act, a statute of 1831, extended in 1887, requiring workmen's wages to be paid in money instead of goods. [O. Fr. troquer, to truck; Sp. trocar, to barter, It. truccare, to truck.]
truck
truk, n. a wheel: a railway-wagon for heavy articles: a platform running on wheels: a small wooden cap at the top of a mast or flag-staff: a circular piece of wood or metal for moving ordnance.—v.t. to convey by truck.—ns. Truck′age, conveyance by trucks: charge for carrying articles on a truck; Truck′-bol′ster, a beam in the middle of a railway-truck supporting the body of the car; Truck′le, a small wheel or castor: a truckle-bed.—v.t. to move on rollers.—v.i. to sleep in a truckle-bed.—n. Truck′le-bed, a low bed on wheels that may be pushed under another. [L. trochus, a wheel—Gr. trochos—trechein, to run.]

Marine DictionaryUniversal Dictionary of the Marine ⚓️

truck
a piece of wood, which is either conical, cylindrical, spherical, or spheroidical.
Thus the trucks fixed on the spindle of a mast-head, and which are otherwise called acorns, are in the form of a cone: and those which are employed as wheels to the gun-carriages are cylinders. The trucks of the parrels assume the figure of a globe; and, lastly, those of the flag-staffs resemble an oblate spheroid. See the articles ACORN, CANNON, PARREL, and FLAG-STAFF.
Trucks of the shrouds are nearly similar to those of the parrels: they are fastened to the shrouds about twelve or fourteen feet above the deck, the hole in the middle being placed perpendicularly to contain some rope which passes through it. The intention of these is to guide the sailors to the particular rope, which might otherwise be easily mistaken for some other of the same size, especially in the night.
Speaking-TRUMPET, trompette marine, a trumpet of brass or tin used at sea, to propagate the voice to a great distance, or to convey the orders from one part of the ship to another, in tempestuous weather, &c. when they cannot otherwise be distinctly heard by the persons to whom they are directed.
Fire-TRUNK. See the article FIRE-SHIP.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

truck
A Cornish word for the trough between two surfs. Also, exchange, as fish for grog, &c.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

truck
Wooden-wheels for the carriage of cannon, etc. The trucks of garrison-carriages are generally made of cast iron. Trucks of a ship-carriage are wheels made of one piece of wood, from 12 to 19 inches in diameter, and their thickness is always equal to the caliber of the gun.

Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅

truck
To exchange, swop, or barter; also a wheel such as ship's guns are placed upon.

Wikipedia

A truck (lorry in British English) is a vehicle used to transport goods. The word "truck" comes from the Greek word "trochos", which means "wheel".

Light trucks.

"Light trucks" are trucks the size of cars. They are used by individuals and also companies. In the United States, a truck is a light truck if it weighs less than 6,300 kg (13,000 lb).

Medium trucks.

"Medium trucks" are heavier than light trucks but lighter than heavy trucks. In the United States, a truck is a medium truck if it weighs between 6,300 kg (13,000 lb) and 15,000 kg (33,000 lb). Trucks that are used for local delivery and public service (dump trucks, garbage trucks) are normally around this size.

Heavy trucks.

"Heavy trucks" are the heaviest trucks that are allowed on the road. In the U.K. they are known as "lorries".