truck

noun

Definition of trucknext
1
as in exchange
a giving or taking of one thing of value in return for another in medieval Europe, furs and forest products from the north were sold in truck for luxury products from the south

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2
as in garbage
discarded or useless material filled a dozen large garbage bags with all the truck we collected when we cleaned the place out

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Recent Examples of truck The pursuit ended at the Antelope truck scales, where video showed Kreuzer slowing the Volkswagen, turning around and stopping while faced the wrong direction on the interstate toward the pursuing deputies. — Daniel Hunt august 29, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 Go Beyond the 4x4 Of course, traveling by Icelandic truck is part of the thrill, but the adventure extends well beyond the vehicle itself. — Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026 Barber said it was stuck on a truck partly because of heavy security around the celebratory events. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 When a Ukrainian pickup truck carrying soldiers and equipment drives past, the drone detects it acoustically, takes off, and pursues it. — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for truck
Recent Examples of Synonyms for truck
  1. exchange
  2. garbage
  3. trade
  4. debris
  5. swap
  6. trash
  7. junk
  8. sewage
Noun
  • Under his leadership, CME transformed from a floor-trading exchange into a global derivatives giant.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Replace its electronic medical record system and improve cybersecurity, staff workflows, patient communications, and information exchange with hospitals, specialists, laboratories, and other care partners.
    — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of exchange
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  • The government still has not come up with a solution to the mountainous piles of rotting garbage that accumulate on the streets for months.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
  • One of the nurses tried to cover up the error by fishing the empty bottle of the muscle relaxant out of the garbage and taking it home.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of garbage
Noun
  • The industry moves more than 80 percent of global trade by volume.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Some China watchers, however, are keeping their expectations low, as both sides appear to be more interested in avoiding moves that would risk their current trade truce.
    — Justina Lee, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of trade
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  • Chinese surveillance footage from the Tibetan side of the border shows a huge wall of mud and debris crashing over buildings and engulfing roads as people desperately try to flee the torrent.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026
  • An ice and rock avalanche from a high-altitude glacier may have triggered the flooding, with a large volume of debris entering the Lende Khola tributary, researchers have said in a preliminary assessment.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of debris
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  • Guests can watch the writers swap songs, discuss backstories and give a glimpse into the intimate, often collaborative process of country songwriting.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The 3rd Circuit concluded that sports event contracts involve events, namely the outcomes of sporting competitions, and therefore qualify as swaps.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of swap
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  • To paraphrase Tolstoy, all slop is alike, but every piece of trash is trashy in its own oddball way.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Four months later, he was seen last weekend walking dogs, taking walks, enjoying a cup of coffee in a garage, and even stopping to sift through neighborhood trash items on the side of the street.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of trash
Noun
  • The Workshop will have a space to customize your own junk journal.
    — Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Utilities Another common sight in the kitchen is a junk or utility drawer (or two).
    — Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of junk
Noun
  • Wastewater tracking is the testing of community sewage for viruses and other germs to help health officials monitor disease spread and trends, often before cases show up in clinical testing data.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The city later vowed to make emergency repairs to restore power and clean up buildings flooded with sewage.
    — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026
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“Truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/truck. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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