Trucking
noun
1.
the art or business of conveying articles or goods on trucks.
noun
1.
the growing of vegetables for the market.
2.
commercial bartering.
noun
1.
any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit.
2.
any of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects.
3.
Also called hand truck. a barrowlike frame with low wheels, a ledge at the bottom, and handles at the top, used to move heavy luggage, packages, cartons, etc.
4.
a low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved; a dolly.
5.
a tiered framework on casters.
6.
a group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one end of a railroad car, locomotive, etc.
7.
Movies. a dolly on which a camera is mounted.
8.
British. a freight car having no top.
9.
a small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages.
10.
Nautical. a circular or square piece of wood fixed on the head of a mast or the top of a flagstaff, usually containing small holes for signal halyards.
verb (used with object)
11.
to transport by truck.
12.
to put on a truck.
13.
dolly (def 11).
verb (used without object)
14.
to convey articles or goods on a truck.
15.
to drive a truck.
16.
dolly (def 12).
adjective
17.
of, relating to, or for a truck or trucks:
a truck drive; truck tires.
noun
1.
vegetables raised for the market.
2.
miscellaneous articles of little worth; odds and ends.
3.
Informal. trash or rubbish:
That’s a lot of truck.
4.
Informal. dealings:
I’ll have no truck with him.
5.
barter.
6.
a bargain or deal.
7.
the payment of wages in goods instead of money.
8.
truck system.
verb (used with object)
9.
to exchange; trade; barter.
verb (used without object)
10.
to exchange commodities; barter.
11.
to traffic; have dealings.
noun
1.
a shuffling jitterbug step.
verb (used without object)
2.
to dance with such steps.
3.
Slang. to walk or stroll, especially in a jaunty manner:
trucking down the avenue on a Sunday afternoon.
noun
1.
(mainly US & Canadian) the transportation of goods by lorry
noun
1.
(US & Canadian) Also called truck farming, (Brit, Austral., NZ, and South African) market gardening. the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale
2.
commercial exchange; barter
noun
1.
(Brit) a vehicle for carrying freight on a railway; wagon
2.
(US & Canadian, Austral) a large motor vehicle designed to carry heavy loads, esp one with a flat platform Also called (esp in Britain) lorry
3.
a frame carrying two or more pairs of wheels and usually springs and brakes, attached under an end of a railway coach, etc
4.
(nautical)
a disc-shaped block fixed to the head of a mast having sheave holes for receiving signal halyards
the head of a mast itself
5.
any wheeled vehicle used to move goods
verb
6.
to convey (goods) in a truck
7.
(intransitive) (mainly US & Canadian) to drive a truck
noun
1.
commercial goods
2.
dealings (esp in the phrase have no truck with)
3.
commercial exchange
4.
(archaic) payment of wages in kind
5.
miscellaneous articles
6.
(informal) rubbish
7.
(US & Canadian) vegetables grown for market
verb
8.
(archaic) to exchange (goods); barter
9.
(intransitive) to traffic or negotiate
trouser
trough
see: have no truck with
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