TRUCK


Meaning of TRUCK in English

vi a freight car.

2. truck ·noun exchange of commodities; barter.

3. truck ·vt to transport on a truck or trucks.

4. truck ·noun the practice of paying wages in goods instead of money;

— called also truck system.

5. truck ·vi a low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.

6. truck ·vi a small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.

7. truck ·vi a frame on low wheels or rollers;

— used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.

8. truck ·vi a small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.

9. truck ·vi a small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.

10. truck ·vi to exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.

11. truck ·vt to exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.

12. truck ·noun commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; ·esp., in the united states, garden vegetables raised for the market.

13. truck ·vi 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.

Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Webster.