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trucks

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/tɹʌks/ English

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noun

  1. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
  2. The ball on top of a flagpole.
  3. 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".
  4. A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; a lorry.“Mexican open-bed trucks haul most of the fresh produce that comes into the United States from Mexico.”

verb

  1. To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.
  2. To convey by truck.“Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque.”
  3. To travel or live contentedly.“Keep on trucking!”
  4. To persist, to endure.“Keep on trucking!”

verb

  1. To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
  2. To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
  3. To deceive; cheat; defraud.

verb

  1. To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).

noun

  1. (often in the plural) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
  2. 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].
  3. Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
  4. (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.

verb

  1. To trade, exchange; barter.
  2. To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
  3. To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.

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