trucks

Meaning

1. A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun carriage.
2. The ball on top of a flagpole.
3. 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".
4. A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; a lorry.
5. Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles (including passenger autos) fitted with a bed designed to carry goods.
6. A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.
7. To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.
8. To convey by truck.
9. To travel or live contentedly.
10. To persist, to endure.
11. (film production) To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.
12. To fight or otherwise physically engage with.
13. To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.
14. To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.
15. To deceive; cheat; defraud.
16. To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).
17. (often in the plural) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.
18. The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer [forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts].
19. Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).
20. (usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.
21. To trade, exchange; barter.
22. To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.
23. To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.

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Sources

1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data