truck
gb/tɹˈʌk/ us/tɹˈʌk/
A2
English
~ 2500
Senses
0 senses
Noun
A2
entity
1
Large vehicle for goods transport
A big road vehicle used to carry things from one place to another.
Usage pattern:
[someone] drives a truck
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'truck' with 'lorry', not realizing 'lorry' is mainly British English.
Synonyms
lorry (Commonly used in British English instead of 'truck'.)
Antonyms
car (A car is a smaller motor vehicle designed mainly for carrying people.)
Collocations
drive a truck
|delivery truck
|pickup truck
|truck driver
|truck stop
Themes
transportation
|work
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- The truck was loaded with boxes of fresh fruit.
- He drives a delivery truck for a local company.
- A pickup truck pulled into the driveway.
- The accident involved two cars and a large truck.
- They hired a moving truck to transport their furniture.
Learner examples
- The truck is full of food.
- My father drives a big truck.
- We saw a red truck on the road.
- The truck carries many boxes.
Verb
B1
action
2
Transport goods by truck
To take things from one place to another in a truck.
Usage pattern:
[someone] trucks [something] [somewhere]
Common mistake:
Learners may not realize 'truck' as a verb is less common in everyday speech than as a noun.
Synonyms
haul (Often implies moving heavy or large loads over long distances.)
Antonyms
carry by hand (Means to move something without using a vehicle.)
Collocations
truck goods
|truck freight
|truck supplies
Themes
transportation
|work
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- They truck the produce from farms to the city every morning.
- The company trucks building materials to construction sites across the state.
- Supplies were trucked in after the storm.
Learner examples
- They truck food to the store.
- The farm trucks milk to the city.
- We will truck the boxes to your house.
Noun
technical
B2
entity
3
Small wheeled platform or frame
A small platform with wheels for moving heavy things or supporting machines.
Synonyms
trolley (A small wheeled cart, often used for lighter loads.)
Collocations
skateboard truck
|dolly truck
Themes
tools
|machinery
|work
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Examples
- The worker loaded the boxes onto a hand truck.
- He replaced the skateboard's front trucks for better turning.
- The dolly truck helped move the refrigerator easily.
Learner examples
- I use a hand truck to move boxes.
- The skateboard has two trucks.
- We put the sofa on the truck to move it.
Grammar
Dictionary form
truck
IPA
GB/tɹˈʌk/
US/tɹˈʌk/
Syllables & stress
truck (1 syllable)
Stress on 1st syllable (truck)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: truck
- Plural: truck, trucks
Verb
- Base: truck
- 3rd Person Singular: trucks
- Present Participle: trucking
- Past: trucked
Word family
Forms
trucks
noun
trucking
verb
trucked
verb
Core family
trucker
noun
Related words
truckload
noun
Expressions
have no truck with
1/hˈæv nˈoʊ tɹˈʌk wˈɪθ/
idiom
formal
Refuse involvement with something/someone
To refuse to be involved with something or someone because you do not approve of them.
Examples
- I will have no truck with dishonest people.
- She has no truck with that kind of behavior.
truck in
1/tɹˈʌk ˈɪn/
phrasal verb
Bring goods in by truck
To bring things into a place using a truck.
Examples
- They trucked in fresh water after the storm.
- Food supplies were trucked in from nearby towns.
truck stop
1/tɹˈʌk stˈɑp/
fixed phrase
Roadside facility for trucks
A place beside the road where trucks can stop for fuel, food, and rest.
Examples
- We pulled into a truck stop for gas and coffee.
- The highway has several large truck stops along its length.