From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
truck
n 1: an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling [syn:
motortruck]
2: a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge
at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates
or other heavy objects [syn: hand truck]
v : convey (goods etc.) by truck; "truck fresh vegetables across
the mountains"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Lorrie \Lor"rie\, Lorry \Lor"ry\, n.; pl. Lorries. [Prob. from
lurry to pull or lug.]
1. A small cart or wagon moving on rails, as those used on
the tramways in mines to carry coal or rubbish; also, a
barrow or truck for shifting baggage, as at railway
stations.
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2. A motorized wheeled land vehicle, esp. a large one, with a
cab for the driver and a separate rear compartment for
transporting freight; called truck in the U. S. [Brit.]
Syn: camion.
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3. a large low horse-drawn wagon without sides. [WordNet
sense 1]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truck \Truck\, n. [L. trochus an iron hoop, Gr. ? a wheel, fr. ?
to run. See Trochee, and cf. Truckle, v. i.]
1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a
small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun
carriage.
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2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods,
stone, and other heavy articles.
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Goods were conveyed about the town almost
exclusively in trucks drawn by dogs. --Macaulay.
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3. (Railroad Mach.) A swiveling carriage, consisting of a
frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary
boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a
locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England.
Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
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4. (Naut.)
(a) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a
masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards
through.
(b) A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or
disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
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5. A freight car. [Eng.]
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6. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various
purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
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7. a motorized vehicle larger than an automobile with a
compartment in front for the driver, behind which is a
separate compartment for freight; esp.
(a) such a vehicle with an inflexible body.
(b) A vehicle with a short body and a support for
attaching a trailer; -- also called a {tractor[4]}.
(c) the combination of tractor and trailer, also called a
tractor-trailer (a form of articulated vehicle); it
is a common form of truck, and is used primarily for
hauling freight on a highway.
(d) a tractor with more than one trailer attached in a
series. In Australia, often referred to as a {road
train}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truck \Truck\, v. t.
To transport on a truck or trucks.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truck \Truck\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trucked; p. pr. & vb. n.
trucking.] [OE. trukken,F. troquer; akin to Sp. & Pg.
trocar; of uncertain origin.]
To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck
knives for gold dust.
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We will begin by supposing the international trade to
be in form, what it always is in reality, an actual
trucking of one commodity against another. --J. S.
Mill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truck \Truck\, v. i.
To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
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A master of a ship, who deceived them under color of
trucking with them. --Palfrey.
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Despotism itself is obliged to truck and huckster.
--Burke.
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To truck and higgle for a private good. --Emerson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Truck \Truck\, n. [Cf. F. troc.]
1. Exchange of commodities; barter. --Hakluyt.
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2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade;
small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden
vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.]
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3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; --
called also truck system.
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Garden truck, vegetables raised for market. [Colloq.] [U.
S.]
Truck farming, raising vegetables for market: market
gardening. [Colloq. U. S.]
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