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]

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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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