Truck

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Truck

Truck : பார வண்டி

Truck : சுமை தூக்கும் வாகனம்

Truck definition

Intransitive verb.

  1. A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
  2. A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
  3. A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
  4. A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
  5. A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
  6. A freight car.
  7. A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
  8. To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.

Transitive verb.

  1. To transport on a truck or trucks.
  2. To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.

Noun.

  1. Exchange of commodities; barter.
  2. Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; Especially., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
  3. The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.