/ trʌk; NAmE / noun , verb
■ noun
1.
( especially NAmE ) = lorry :
a truck driver
2.
( BrE ) ( NAmE car ) an open railway vehicle for carrying goods or animals :
a cattle truck
3.
a vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying goods, soldiers, animals, etc. :
a delivery / garbage / farm truck
4.
a vehicle for carrying things, that is pulled or pushed by hand
—see also forklift truck , pickup truck , salt truck
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IDIOMS
- have / want no truck with sb/sth
■ verb
[ vn ] ( especially NAmE ) to take sth somewhere by truck
► truck·ing noun [ U ]:
trucking companies
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WORD ORIGIN
Middle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for truckle in the sense wheel, pulley . The sense wheeled vehicle dates from the late 18th cent.