truck
truck1 / trək/ • n. 1. a wheeled vehicle, in particular: ∎ a large, heavy motor vehicle, used for transporting goods, materials, or troops. ∎ a low flat-topped cart used for moving heavy items.2. a undercarriage with four to six wheels pivoted beneath the end of a railroad car. ∎ each of two axle units on a skateboard, to which the wheels are attached.3. a wooden disk at the top of a ship's mast or flagstaff, with sheaves for signal halyards.• v. [tr.] convey by truck: the food was trucked to St. Petersburg | [as n.] (trucking) industries such as trucking. ∎ [intr.] drive a truck. ∎ [intr.] inf. go or proceed, esp. in a casual or leisurely way: he walked confidently behind them and trucked on through!DERIVATIVES: truck·age / -kij/ n.truck2 • n. 1. archaic barter. ∎ chiefly hist. the payment of workers in kind or with vouchers rather than money.2. chiefly archaic small wares. ∎ inf. odds and ends.3. market-garden produce, esp. vegetables: [as adj.] a truck garden. • v. [tr.] archaic barter or exchange.PHRASES: have (or want) no truck with avoid or wish to avoid dealings or being associated with: we have no truck with that style of gutter journalism.