Truck vs. Van

Trucknoun

A small wheel or roller, specifically the wheel of a gun-carriage.

Trucknoun

The ball on top of a flagpole.

Trucknoun

(nautical) On a wooden mast, a circular disc (or sometimes a rectangle) of wood near or at the top of the mast, usually with holes or sheaves to reeve signal halyards; also a temporary or emergency place for a lookout. "Main" refers to the mainmast, whereas a truck on another mast may be called (on the mizzenmast, for example) "mizzen-truck".

Trucknoun

A semi-tractor ("semi") trailer; (British) a lorry.

Trucknoun

Any motor vehicle designed for carrying cargo, including delivery vans, pickups, and other motorized vehicles (including passenger autos) fitted with a bed designed to carry goods.

Trucknoun

A garden cart, a two-wheeled wheelbarrow.

Trucknoun

A small wagon or cart, of various designs, pushed or pulled by hand or (obsolete) pulled by an animal, as with those in hotels for moving luggage, or in libraries for transporting books.

Trucknoun

A pantechnicon (removal van).

Trucknoun

A flatbed railway car.

Trucknoun

A pivoting frame, one attached to the bottom of the bed of a railway car at each end, that rests on the axle and which swivels to allow the axle (at each end of which is a solid wheel) to turn with curves in the track. The axle on many types of railway car is not attached to the truck and relies on gravity to remain within the truck's brackets (on the truck's base) that hold the axle in place

Trucknoun

The part of a skateboard or roller skate that joins the wheels to the deck, consisting of a hanger, baseplate, kingpin, and bushings, and sometimes mounted with a riser in between.

Trucknoun

(theater) A platform with wheels or casters.

Trucknoun

Dirt or other messiness.

Trucknoun

Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.

Trucknoun

(historical) The practice of paying workers in kind, or with tokens only exchangeable at a shop owned by the employer [forbidden in the 19th century by the Truck Acts]

Trucknoun

(US) Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).

Trucknoun

Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.

Truckverb

(intransitive) To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.

Truckverb

(transitive) To convey by truck.

Truckverb

To travel or live contentedly.

Truckverb

To persist, to endure.

Truckverb

To move a camera parallel to the movement of the subject.

Truckverb

To fight or otherwise physically engage with.

Truckverb

To run over or through a tackler in American football.

Truckverb

To fail; run out; run short; be unavailable; diminish; abate.

Truckverb

To give in; give way; knuckle under; truckle.

Truckverb

To deceive; cheat; defraud.

Truckverb

To tread (down); stamp on; trample (down).

Truckverb

(transitive) To trade, exchange; barter.

Truckverb

(intransitive) To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.

Truckverb

(intransitive) To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.

Truckadjective

Pertaining to a garden patch or truck garden.

Trucknoun

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

Trucknoun

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

Trucknoun

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.

Trucknoun

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

Trucknoun

A freight car.

Trucknoun

A frame on low wheels or rollers; - used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.

Trucknoun

a motorized vehicle larger than an automobile with a compartment in front for the driver, behind which is a separate compartment for freight;

Trucknoun

Exchange of commodities; barter.

Trucknoun

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

Trucknoun

The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; - called also truck system.

Truckverb

To transport on a truck or trucks.

Truckverb

To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.

Truckverb

To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.

Trucknoun

an automotive vehicle suitable for hauling

Trucknoun

a handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects

Truckverb

convey (goods etc.) by truck;

Trucknoun

a large, heavy road vehicle used for carrying goods, materials, or troops; a lorry.

Trucknoun

a railway vehicle for carrying freight, especially a small open one.

Trucknoun

a low flat-topped trolley used for moving heavy items.

Trucknoun

a railway bogie.

Trucknoun

each of two axle units on a skateboard, to which the wheels are attached.

Trucknoun

a wooden disc at the top of a ship's mast or flagstaff, with holes for halyards to slide through.

Trucknoun

barter.

Trucknoun

the payment of workers in kind or with vouchers rather than money.

Trucknoun

small wares.

Trucknoun

odds and ends.

Trucknoun

market-garden produce, especially vegetables

Truckverb

convey by truck

Truckverb

drive a truck

Truckverb

go or proceed in a casual or leisurely way

Truckverb

barter or exchange.

Truck

A truck or lorry is a motor vehicle designed to transport cargo, carry specialized payloads, or perform other utilitarian work. Trucks vary greatly in size, power, and configuration, but the vast majority feature body-on-frame construction, with a cabin that is independent of the payload portion of the vehicle.

Vannoun

A (covered) vehicle used for carrying goods or people, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but smaller than a truck/lorry.

Vannoun

(British) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods.

Vannoun

A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.

Vannoun

form of Shortened form|caravan.

Vannoun

form of Shortened form|vanguard.

Vannoun

(mining) A shovel used in cleansing ore.

Vannoun

A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.

Vannoun

A wing with which the air is beaten.

Vanverb

(transitive) To transport in a van or similar vehicle (especially of horses).

Vanverb

to be arrested by law enforcement (not necessarily in a van, derived from the slang "party van") this definition "to be vanned", not "to van"

Vanverb

(mining) To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.

Vannoun

The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also, the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in sailing or in battle.

Vannoun

A shovel used in cleansing ore.

Vannoun

A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.

Vannoun

A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.

Vannoun

A closed railway car for baggage. See the Note under Car, 2.

Vannoun

A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing grain.

Vannoun

A wing with which the air is beaten.

Vanverb

To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.

Vanverb

To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow.

Vannoun

any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

Vannoun

the leading units moving at the head of an army

Vannoun

a camper equipped with living quarters

Vannoun

a truck with an enclosed cargo space

Van

A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a truck and SUV, and bigger than a common car.