truck

[US]/trʌk/
[UK]/trʌk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo; a handcart; a commercial exchange

vi. to exchange goods; to drive a truck

vt. to transport by truck; to exchange goods

adj. of or relating to a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo in the US

Phrases & Collocations

pickup truck

delivery truck

fire truck

dump truck

heavy truck

truck driver

light truck

forklift truck

by truck

truck tire

garbage truck

fork-lift truck

truck scale

truck crane

lift truck

tow truck

cement truck

tank truck

radial truck

fork truck

fork lift truck

Example Sentences

The truck was bogged.

truck drivers; truck transport.

The truck ground to a stop.

the truck was blown to kingdom come.

the truck was beyond repair .

a truck that corners poorly.

The truck was sent to carry lumber.

Truck after truck was set ablaze as the fire spread.

Overland trucks carry food to market.

A truck rammed a motorbike.

trucks stuck in the lorry blockade.

a truck containing a detachment of villagers.

a forklift truck with a fail-safe device.

the truck was grinding slowly up the hill.

the trucks gave a smooth ride.

a catering truck at the tail of the convoy.

the food was trucked to St Petersburg.

Real-world Examples

Include me in what? Is there a plot afoot? I'll have no truck with plots.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 4

The man jumped aside to dodge the speeding truck.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

Yeah. I can't get you a tow truck tonight.

Source: Our Day This Season 1

I'd need a truck to follow me.

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2019 Collection

Try getting that truck down the mountain.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) May 2015 Compilation

So, um, will you bring the truck?

Source: Volume 3

Although they state other companies also use red trucks.

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2019 Collection

For another shot, they actually flipped a truck over.

Source: Selected Film and Television News

How are you Frank, I like your truck.

Source: The cutest little spider, Lucas.

It damaged many homes, boats, cars and trucks.

Source: This month VOA Special English

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