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Antonyms for truck

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : truhk
Phonetic Transcription : trÊŒk

Definition of truck

Origin :
  • "vehicle," 1610s, "small wheel" (especially one on which the carriages of a ship's guns were mounted), probably from Latin trochus "iron hoop," from Greek trokhos "wheel," from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). Sense extended to "cart for carrying heavy loads" (1774), then in American English to "motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads" (1913), a shortened form of motor truck in this sense (1901).
  • There have also been lost to the enemy 6,200 guns, 2,550 tanks and 70,000 trucks, which is the American name for lorries, and which, I understand, has been adopted by the combined staffs in North-West Africa in exchange for the use of the word petrol in place of gasolene. [Winston Churchill, address to joint session of U.S. Congress, May 19, 1943]
  • Truck stop is attested from 1956.
  • noun commerce, merchandise
  • noun wheeled vehicle for hauling
  • verb buy and sell
Example sentences :
  • Give him that truck you've been pouring down me for the last week.
  • Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
  • The porter wheeled a truck, bearing John's trunk and bag, up to them as he spoke.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • They all look alike to me, I must admit; I never had any truck with 'em.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Don't pay to have any truck with 'em while you feel that way about it.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • And then under went the truck that Andy had run to borrow, and the stove was out.
  • Extract from : « The Widow O'Callaghan's Boys » by Gulielma Zollinger
  • The faint sound was not as impressive as the sight of a truck.
  • Extract from : « No Hiding Place » by Richard R. Smith
  • The Americans took their place in the midst of the guard and were marched to the truck.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • Panic seized the Russians and they made a rush for their truck.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • As the Russians approached, one of them stepped to the truck crank.
  • Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • The robot was standing here waiting for me to park the truck.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison

Synonyms for truck

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