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- [truhk]
- /trʌk/
- /trʌk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [truhk]
- /trʌk/
Definitions of truck word
- noun truck a shuffling jitterbug step. 1
- verb with object truck to exchange; trade; barter. 1
- verb without object truck to dance with such steps. 1
- verb without object truck Slang. to walk or stroll, especially in a jaunty manner: trucking down the avenue on a Sunday afternoon. 1
- adjective truck of, relating to, or for a truck or trucks: a truck drive; truck tires. 1
- noun truck vehicle: lorry 1
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Origin of truck
First appearance:
before 1605 One of the 40% oldest English words
1605-15; back formation from truckle wheel. See truckle2
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Truck
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
truck popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
truck usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for truck
noun truck
- automobile — An automobile is a car.
- bodega — a shop selling wine and sometimes groceries, esp in a Spanish-speaking country
- bucket of bolts — (Idiomatic) A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
- car — a self-propelled road vehicle designed to carry passengers, esp one with four wheels that is powered by an internal-combustion engine
- cart — A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.
verb truck
- bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- barter — If you barter goods, you exchange them for other goods, rather than selling them for money.
- black-market — to black-marketeer.
- bootlegged — made, sold, or transported unlawfully.
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