TRUCK
What does "TRUCK" mean?
A large road vehicle built for carrying heavy loads or goods.
Meanings
- A heavy motor vehicle designed to transport cargo. A delivery truck blocked the alley all morning.
- To transport goods by truck. They truck fresh produce north every night.
- Dealings or commerce; usually in the phrase 'have no truck with'. She would have no truck with rumours. formal
Word origin
From Old French 'troque' (barter) for the trade sense; the vehicle sense is likely a shortening of Latin-derived 'trochus' (iron hoop, wheel), from Greek 'trokhos', a wheel.
Remember it
TRUCK rumbles like its engine: T-R-U-C-K, five blunt letters ending in a hard stop.
A little poem
Headlights split the dark-
eighteen wheels of someone's bread
crossing the cold state.
haiku
Wordplay
- I wanted no truck with the barter sense of 'truck', but it just wouldn't deal with me either.
What it teaches
The heavy load moves only because someone keeps the wheels turning through the night.
Quick facts
What does TRUCK mean?
A large road vehicle built for carrying heavy loads or goods.
Is TRUCK a valid word?
Yes — TRUCK is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is TRUCK?
TRUCK has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does TRUCK come from?
From Old French 'troque' (barter) for the trade sense; the vehicle sense is likely a shortening of Latin-derived 'trochus' (iron hoop, wheel), from Greek 'trokhos', a wheel.
What can TRUCK teach us?
The heavy load moves only because someone keeps the wheels turning through the night.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.