truck
A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
Noun 4 meanings
A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
The ball on top of a flagpole.
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".
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.
“We rented a truck big enough to carry the whole load in one trip.”
Verb 3 meanings
To drive a truck.
“My father has been trucking for 20 years.”
To convey by truck.
“Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque.”
To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
Etymology
Perhaps a shortening of truckle, related to Latin trochus (“iron hoop, wheel”) from Ancient Greek τροχός (trokhós).
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TRUCK at a glance
TRUCK has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (T 1 + R 1 + U 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,268 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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