Truck

·vi A freight car.

II. Truck ·noun Exchange of commodities; barter.

III. Truck ·vt To transport on a truck or trucks.

IV. Truck ·noun The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money;

— called also truck system.

V. Truck ·vi A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.

VI. Truck ·vi A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.

VII. Truck ·vi A frame on low wheels or rollers;

— used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.

VIII. Truck ·vi A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.

IX. Truck ·vi A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.

X. Truck ·vi To exchange commodities; to Barter; to Trade; to Deal.

XI. Truck ·vt To Exchange; to give in exchange; to Barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.

XII. Truck ·noun Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; ·esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.

XIII. Truck ·vi 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.