(nautical) On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck".
(countable, uncountable, US, Australia) A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; (Britain) a lorry.
Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles (including passenger autos) fitted with a bed designed to carry goods.
A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.
A pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with curves in the track. The axle on many types of railway car is not attached to the truck and relies on gravity to remain within the truck's brackets (on the truck's base) that hold the axle in place
The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.
(obsolete, often used in plural sense) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
(historical) The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer [forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts]
(US) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
(usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
“I have been a trucker and bus driver for 40 years, and I think the council would have been better commissioning me or others like myself with some driving experience, it would have been cheaper and better.”
“I have been a trucker and bus driver for 40 years, and I think the council would have been better commissioning me or others like myself with some driving experience, it would have been cheaper and better.”
“I have been a trucker and bus driver for 40 years, and I think the council would have been better commissioning me or others like myself with some driving experience, it would have been cheaper and better.”
“Army truckies are applying defensive driver and first aid training every time they drive their vehicles.”
“A convoy of truckies rolled into Canberra today to express their anger at the planned changes.”
“On the day of the funeral truckies on their way to the container wharf slow down as they pass the Railway Hotel and sound their earth-shattering horns.”