Truck
[trʌk]
Definition
(noun.) an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling.
(verb.) convey (goods etc.) by truck; 'truck fresh vegetables across the mountains'.
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Definition
(v. i.) A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
(v. i.) A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
(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.
(v. i.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
(v. i.) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
(v. i.) A freight car.
(v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
(v. t.) To transport on a truck or trucks.
(v. t.) To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
(v. i.) To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
(n.) Exchange of commodities; barter.
(n.) Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
(n.) The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Barter, deal.
v. a. Barter, exchange.
n. Barter, exchange.
Checked by Juliana
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Barter, deal, traffic, exchange,[See TRIVIAL]
Inputed by Clara
Definition
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.
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.
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Examples
- Your wife might get her some ear-rings, or a new gown, or some such truck, to make up with her. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Once as he passed close to a troop truck and the lights flashed he saw their faces fixed and sad in the sudden light. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There are four motors, two to each truck, each rated at 360 horse power. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Then, still holding the safeconduct, the control patrol came over, shouting, to the truck driver whose load was spilled. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The truck had stopped up the road about a hundred yards. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Thus they not only had a greater investment than necessary in the truck itself, but were paying an exclusive charge in the way of operating costs and depreciation. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The man was down in the road halfway between the culvert and the truck. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- As in everything else, it has taken time to overcome the faults of the early trucks. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I got out and walked ahead, going between the trucks and carts and under the wet necks of the horses. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- There were many trucks too and some carts going through on other streets and converging on the main road. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Below them, where the road turned to the right, he could see clearly the outline of the trucks and cars that passed against the sky line. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It has two trucks, and eight drive wheels of sixty-two inches diameter. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The shining metal tables and trucks, on which the product is handled, give a new confidence in sausage. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With motor trucks, merchants have extended their deliveries to reach territory they could not touch under the horse-delivery system. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The results of this transportation system are remarkable, making a big saving in trucking expense, loss of material and the absence of usual delays. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- We trucked freight across the mountains with the big carts before the camions came into use. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Niggers must be sold, and trucked round, and kept under; it's what they's made for. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Editor: Margie