noun

truck

truhk

noun

A large motor vehicle used for carrying goods.

"The delivery truck pulled up outside the warehouse."

"He loaded the furniture onto the back of his truck."

verb

To transport goods by truck.

"The company trucks its produce to markets across the state."

How to Use Truck

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA large road vehicle for hauling cargo, or to move goods by such a vehicle.

UK vs US

American English says "truck"; British English often uses "lorry" for the same vehicle.

Common pairings

pickup truck truck driver haul by truck

Word Forms

trucked past tense, trucked past tense, trucked past tense, trucked past tense, trucks plural, trucks singular, trucks singular, trucks singular, trucks singular

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Etymology

The origin is debated, but it likely comes from "truckle," itself linked to a Greek word for a wheel — early "trucks" were small wheels or rollers before the word came to mean the vehicle.

Rhymes for truck

duck luck suck muck buck yuck puck huck tuck stuck pluck chuck

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