truck
/tɹʌk/
A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage; The ball on top of a flagpole; On a wooden mast, a circular disc of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards
- plural
- trucks
Meanings
- 1
A heavier motor vehicle designed to carry goods or to pull a semi-trailer designed to carry goods; (in Malaysia/Singapore) a such vehicle with a closed or covered carriage
Tom is a truck driver.
Tatoeba · CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tom bought a used truck.
Tatoeba · AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 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 railroad car, chiefly one designed to carry goods
- 5
A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriagerare
- 6
Any smaller wagon or cart or vehicle of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, used to move and sometimes lift goods, like those in hotels for moving luggage or in libraries for moving booksrare
- 7
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 betweenrare
- 8
A platform with wheels or castersrare
- 9
Dirt or other messinessrare
- 10
Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barterrare