trucking

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trucking

  • /ˈtɹʌkɪŋ/ UK

Rhymes with -ʌkɪŋ

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From truck + -ing.

noun truckings

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable Trading, bartering. This they were wont to use also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have plentie of the same forme of yron.
  2. US, countable, uncountable the conveyance of freight by trucks.
  3. countable, uncountable Lateral movement of the camera.
  4. countable, uncountable moving quickly Truckin,' he says, means moving along with zest and enjoying it
  5. countable, uncountable walking Most backpackers don't realize that on every hike, usually without thinking about it, they walk on their stomach - with Vibram-soled boots. The way Napoleon said an army marches on its tum-tum. The food we drop into our stomach is what keeps us truckin'. Body fuel. It supplies calories to keep our l

Similar: freight

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of truck

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hauling, cartage, lorry, carriage, road, highway, transportation, intercity, freight, cargo, haulage, shipping, haul, transport, trucker, bartering

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Similar: freight

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@misc{trucking_2026,
  title = {trucking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trucking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}