Synonyms for pickup truck
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pik-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɪkˌʌp |
Top 10 synonyms for pickup truck
Définition of pickup truck
Origin :- also pick-up, "that which is picked up," 1848; see pick up (v.). As "act of picking up" from 1882. Meaning "capacity for acceleration" is from 1909; that of "recovery" is from 1916. In reference to a game between informal teams chosen on the spot, from 1905 (as an adjective in this sense by 1936).
- Meaning "small truck used for light loads," 1937, is shortened from pickup truck (pickup body is attested from 1928). The notion probably being of a vehicle for use to "pick up" (feed, lumber, etc.) and deliver it where it was needed.
- As in automobile : noun land vehicle; car
- He bought himself a pickup truck and started a painting business there.
- Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson
- They turned into the driveway of their own house, to see Loring Blade's pickup truck already there and the game warden waiting.
- Extract from : « Double Challenge » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- In the parking lot beside Lorton's little railway station, Ted sprawled wearily in his pickup truck.
- Extract from : « Double Challenge » by James Arthur Kjelgaard
- Mrs. Hall had permission to drive to and from work with the pickup truck.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- It was agreed that the Oswald household goods and other paraphernalia would be moved to the Halls in the pickup truck.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- I do recall clearly that Mrs. Hall had a pickup truck which was owned by the dental laboratory where she was employed.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- The three loaded the energy container into the pickup truck which had brought it to the hillside spot.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X » by Victor Appleton
- I understand that you helped Marina move from the apartment in Fort Worth to your house in a pickup truck that you borrowed?
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
- There wasn't as many here as where the pickup truck is setting here.
- Extract from : « Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
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