truck

a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles

The first known use: in the 13th century

Word Structure

5 Letters, 1 Syllable

truck

4 Phonemes

t r uh k

onset, rime

tr uck

Morpheme

truck

Common Phrases

(one) didn't just fall off the turnip truck

One is not some awkward, naïve, or unsophisticated bumpkin, as is being suggested or implied.

built like a Mack Truck

Having an extremely large, muscular, and physically imposing physique. Refers to American truck-manufacturing company Mack Trucks, Inc. Primarily heard in US.

could drive a truck through (something)

Could easily show or exploit the flaws in something. Primarily heard in US.

fall off a truck

Of goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession without being paid for.

fall off the back of a truck

Of goods or merchandise, to be acquired by illegal or dubious means; to come into (someone's) possession without being paid for.

fall off the cabbage truck

To be gullible, naïve, or unsophisticated. The subject is often a person from a rural or rustic background.

fall off the turnip truck

To be gullible, naïve, or unsophisticated. The subject is often a person from a rural or rustic background.

gut truck

A food truck, a truck or van outfitted to be a mobile kitchen used to prepare and sell food at various locations.

have no truck with (someone or something)

To not be involved with someone or something.

have truck with

To work well with or associate with someone. The phrase is most commonly used in the negative ("have no truck with") to describe someone or something that will not work together.

keep on trucking

A phrase of encouragement that one keep going or persisting with something,

off the back of a truck

Likely by illegal or dubious means. Said of the way something has been gotten. Primarily heard in US, Australia.

truck in

To arrive by truck.

truck out

To leave by truck.

want no truck with (someone or something)

To want to avoid someone or something.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

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