hand truck

Variant of truck

truck definition

truck (truk)

noun

  1. Historical a small, solid wheel or roller, esp. one for a gun carriage
  2. a small, wooden block or disk with holes for halyards, esp. one at the top of a flagpole or mast
  3. a kind of barrow, consisting of an open frame with a pair of wheels at one end and handles at the other, used to carry trunks, crates, etc.
    also called hand truck
  4. any of various low frames or platforms on wheels, sometimes motor-driven, for carrying heavy articles, as in a warehouse
  5. ☆ an automotive vehicle for hauling loads along highways, streets, etc.; motor truck
  6. a swiveling frame with two or more pairs of wheels, usually provided with brakes and springs, forming the wheel unit under each end of a railroad car, streetcar, etc.
  7. Brit. an open railroad freight car

Etymology: < ? L trochus, a hoop < Gr trochos, a wheel, disk: see troche

transitive verb

to carry or transport on a truck or trucks

intransitive verb

  1. to do trucking
  2. to drive a truck as one's work
truck Idioms

truck (on) down

Slang to walk in a carefree, leisurely manner; stroll

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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