truck

Meanings

Plural: trucks

Noun

an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling
a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects
A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
The ball on top of a flagpole.
On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck".
A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage.
A railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods.
Any smaller wagon or cart or vehicle of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, used to move and sometimes lift goods, like those in hotels for moving luggage or in libraries for moving books.
Abbreviation of railroad truck or wheel truck; a pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with curves in the track.
The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
A platform with wheels or casters.
Dirt or other messiness.
Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer [forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts].
Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
Relevance, bearing.

Verb

convey (goods etc.) by truck
- "truck fresh vegetables across the mountains"
To drive a truck.
To convey by truck.
To travel, to proceed.
To persist, to endure.
To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
To run over or through a tackler in American football.
To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
To deceive; cheat; defraud.
To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
To trade, exchange; barter.
To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.

Origin / Etymology

Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós).

Synonyms

bogie, freight car, freight carriage, freight truck, freight wagon, goods carriage, goods truck, goods wagon, hand truck, lorry, motortruck

Scrabble Score: 11

truck is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
truck is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
truck is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

truck is a valid Words With Friends word