truck

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun British English

n. an open railway car used for carrying goods like coal or stone.

n. a railway vehicle used for the carriage of goods, typically an open-topped wagon.

“The steam engine pulled twenty trucks full of coal through the valley.”

“The historical society restored several Victorian-era railway trucks to demonstrate how minerals were transported from the mines to the docks.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Sports

n. the metal part under a skateboard that holds the wheels.

n. the metal axle assembly attached to the underside of a skateboard or roller skate deck.

“He tightened the trucks on his skateboard to make it more stable at high speeds.”

“Advanced skaters often customise their trucks with softer bushings to allow for sharper turns and better technical control.”

C1 · Advanced Uncountable noun Formal

n. dealings or a relationship with someone, usually used in a negative way.

n. social or commercial dealings; almost exclusively used in the idiom 'to have no truck with'.

“The honest politician said he would have no truck with the corrupt developers.”

“The traditionalist headmaster made it clear he would have no truck with the proposed changes to the school's curriculum.”

B1 · Intermediate

v. to move goods from one place to another using a truck.

v. to convey or transport goods via a heavy motor vehicle.

“They trucked the equipment across the country for the music festival.”

“The construction firm had to truck in thousands of tons of gravel to stabilise the marshy ground before building could begin.”

C1 · Advanced Informal · American English

v. to keep moving or keep doing something, even if it is difficult.

v. to proceed or persist in an activity; often used in the phrase 'keep on trucking'.

“Even though he was tired, he decided to just keep on trucking until the job was done.”

“Despite the initial setbacks in the research project, the team decided to keep trucking until they found a viable solution.”