Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - truck
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 Brit. an open railway wagon for carrying freight. 2 esp. US a vehicle for carrying heavy goods; a lorry. 3 a vehicle for transporting troops, supplies, etc. 4 a railway bogie. 5 a wheeled stand for transporting goods. 6 a Naut. a wooden disc at the top of a mast with holes for halyards. b a small solid wheel. --v. 1 tr. convey on or in a truck. 2 intr. US drive a truck. 3 intr. US sl. proceed; go, stroll. Derivatives truckage n. Etymology: perh. short for TRUCKLE in sense 'wheel, pulley' 2. n. & v. --n. 1 dealings; exchange, barter. 2 small wares. 3 US market-garden produce (truck farm). 4 colloq. odds and ends. 5 hist. the payment of workers in kind. --v.tr. & intr. archaic barter, exchange. Phrases and idioms have no truck with avoid dealing with. Etymology: ME f. OF troquer (unrecorded) = trocare, of unkn. orig.
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I. verb Etymology: Middle English trukken, from Anglo-French *truker, *troker, from Vulgar Latin *troccare, probably of imitative origin Date: 13th century transitive verb to give in exchange ; swap, to barter or dispose of by barter, intransitive verb to exchange commodities ; barter, to negotiate or traffic especially in an underhanded way ; have dealings, II. noun Date: 1553 barter, commodities appropriate for barter or for small trade, close association or connection , payment of wages in goods instead of cash, vegetables grown for market, heterogeneous small articles often of little value, III. noun see: ~le bed Date: 1611 a small wheel, a small wooden cap at the top of a flagstaff or masthead usually having holes for reeving flag or signal halyards, a wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles: as, a strong horse-drawn or automotive vehicle (as a pickup) for hauling, a small barrow consisting of a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of handles and at the other end a pair of small heavy wheels and a projecting edge to slide under a load, a small heavy rectangular frame supported on four wheels for moving heavy objects, a small flat-topped car pushed or pulled by hand, a shelved stand mounted on casters, an automotive vehicle with a short chassis equipped with a swivel for attaching a trailer and used especially for the highway hauling of freight, 4. an open railroad freight car, a swiveling carriage consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and springs to carry and guide one end (as of a railroad car) in turning sharp curves, ~ful noun IV. verb Date: 1748 transitive verb to load or transport on a ~, intransitive verb to transport goods by ~, to be employed in driving a ~, to roll along especially in an easy untroubled way ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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