truck - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'truck' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Truck

[ n.]

- Exchange of commodities; barter.
- Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
- The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.

2 . 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.
- A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
- 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.
- A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
- A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
- A freight car.
- A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
- To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.

3 . Truck

[ v. t.]

- To transport on a truck or trucks.
- To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.

Meaning of 'truck' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . truck

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- convey (goods etc.) by truck

Example in sentence:

truck fresh vegetables across the mountains

Nearby Words:

truage truancy truand truant truantly truantship trub trubtall trubu trubutarily

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