meaning of truck
1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord. ), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
3. A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc. , to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
4. A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
5. A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
6. A freight car.
7. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
8. To transport on a truck or trucks.
9. To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
10. To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
11. Exchange of commodities; barter.
12. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp. , in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
13. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.
14. a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects
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