Truck
Definition of Truck
| n. | 1. | (Ord.) 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. | (Railroad Mach.) 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. | (Naut.) A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through. | | 5. | A freight car. | | 6. | A frame on low wheels or rollers; - used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies. | | 7. | a motorized vehicle larger than an automobile with a compartment in front for the driver, behind which is a separate compartment for freight; | | v. t. | 1. | To transport on a truck or trucks. | | 1. | To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust. | | v. i. | 1. | To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal. | | n. | 1. | Exchange of commodities; barter. | | 2. | Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market. | | 3. | The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; - called also truck system. |
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