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View synonyms for trucking

trucking

1

[ truhk-ing ]

noun

  1. the art or business of conveying articles or goods on trucks. truck.


trucking

2

[ truhk-ing ]

noun

  1. the growing of vegetables for the market.
  2. commercial bartering.

trucking

1

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

  1. Also calledtruck farmingBrit, Austral., NZ, and South Africanmarket gardening the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale
  2. commercial exchange; barter


trucking

2

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

  1. the transportation of goods by lorry

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Word History and Origins

Origin of trucking1

First recorded in 1800–10; truck 1 + -ing 1

Origin of trucking2

First recorded in 1585–95; truck 2 + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

The trucking roads make it easier for predators to wipe out prey.

He called it the Twilight Express Trucking, no doubt in tribute to the series of books and movies.

Meanwhile, school buses, trucking fleets, and delivery vehicles are being converted to run on compressed natural gas.

The FBI has used them to recover diverted trucking shipments of consumer electronics.

Canvass of the local trucking industry brought to light the conveyor of that elegant article of furniture.

Some day I'm going to have a trucking business of my own; there's good money in it.

Within a few years a whole settlement of shacks grows up around it, and soon the trucking of the neighborhood is in foreign hands.

Since the cost of transportation varies with the distance, the trucking charge is customarily given as a separate item.

Trees were in full leaf, and numerous cold frames showed that trucking was in full operation.

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