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truck

1  [truhk]
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–noun
1. any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
2. any of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects.
3. Also called hand truck. a barrowlike frame with low wheels, a ledge at the bottom, and handles at the top, used to move heavy luggage, packages, cartons, etc.
4. a low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved; a dolly.
5. a tiered framework on casters.
6. a group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railroad car, locomotive, etc.
7. Movies. a dolly on which a camera is mounted.
8. British. a freight car having no top.
9. a small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages.
10. Nautical. a circular or square piece of wood fixed on the head of a mast or the top of a flagstaff, usually containing small holes for signal halyards.
–verb (used with object)
11. to transport by truck.
12. to put on a truck.
13. dolly (def. 11).
–verb (used without object)
14. to convey articles or goods on a truck.
15. to drive a truck.
16. dolly (def. 12).
–adjective
17. of, pertaining to, or for a truck or trucks: a truck drive; truck tires.
Origin:
1605–15; back formation from truckle wheel. See truckle 2

Related forms:
truck⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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truck

2  [truhk] ,
–noun
1. vegetables raised for the market.
2. miscellaneous articles of little worth; odds and ends.
3. Informal. trash or rubbish: That's a lot of truck.
4. Informal. dealings: I'll have no truck with him.
5. barter.
6. a bargain or deal.
7. the payment of wages in goods instead of money.
8. truck system.
–verb (used with object)
9. to exchange; trade; barter.
–verb (used without object)
10. to exchange commodities; barter.
11. to traffic; have dealings.
Origin:
1175–1225; ME trukien to exchange < OF troquer to exchange

truck

3  [truhk] ,
–noun
1. a shuffling jitterbug step.
–verb (used without object)
2. to dance with such steps.
3. Slang. to walk or stroll, esp. in a jaunty manner: trucking down the avenue on a Sunday afternoon.
Origin:
1935–40; special use of truck 1

truck system

 
–noun
the system of paying wages in goods instead of money.
Also called truck.

Origin:
1820–30
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truck 1   (trŭk)   
n.  

  1. Any of various heavy motor vehicles designed for carrying or pulling loads.

  2. A hand truck.

  3. A wheeled platform, sometimes equipped with a motor, for conveying loads in a warehouse or freight yard.

  4. One of the swiveling frames of wheels under each end of a railroad car or trolley car.

  5. A set of bookshelves mounted on four wheels or casters, used in libraries.

  6. Nautical A small piece of wood placed at the top of a mast or flagpole, usually having holes through which halyards can be passed.

  7. Chiefly British A railroad freight car without a top.

v.   trucked, truck·ing, trucks

v.   tr.
To transport by truck.
v.   intr.

  1. To carry goods by truck.

  2. To drive a truck.

  3. Slang To move or travel in a steady but easy manner.


[Short for truckle or from Latin trochus, iron hoop (from Greek trokhos, wheel).]
truck 2   (trŭk)   
v.   trucked, truck·ing, trucks

v.   tr.

  1. To exchange; barter.

  2. To peddle.

v.   intr.
To have dealings or commerce; traffic.
n.  

  1. Articles of commerce; trade goods.

  2. Garden produce raised for the market.

  3. Informal Worthless goods; stuff or rubbish: "Look at your hands. And look at your mouth. What is that truck?" (Mark Twain).

  4. Barter; exchange.

  5. Informal Dealings; business: We'll have no further truck with them.


[Middle English trukien, from Old North French troquer.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

truck  (n.)
"vehicle," 1611, "small wheel" (especially one on which the carriages of a ship's guns were mounted), probably from L. trochus "iron hoop," from Gk. trokhos "wheel," from trekhein "to run" (see truckle (n.)). Sense extended to "cart for carrying heavy loads" (1774), then to "motor vehicle for carrying heavy loads" (1930), a shortened form of motor truck (1916). The verb, meaning "to convey on a truck," is recorded from 1809, from the noun. Verbal meaning "dance, move in a cool way," first attested 1935, from popular dance of that name in U.S., supposedly introduced at Cotton Club, 1933. Trucker is first attested 1853, "worker who moves loads using a cart;" the motorized version is from 1955, a shortening of truck driver (pre-1931). Truck stop is attested from 1961.

truck  (v.)
"to exchange, barter," c.1225, from O.N.Fr. troquer "to barter, exchange," from M.L. trocare "barter," of unknown origin. Rare before 1580. Sense of "have dealings with" is first recorded 1615. The noun is first recorded 1553, "act or practice of barter." Sense of "vegetables raised for market" is from 1784, preserved in truck farm (1866).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

truck

see have no truck with.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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