Truck Definition–noun | 1. | any of various forms of vehicle for carrying goods and materials, usually consisting of a single self-propelled unit but also often composed of a trailer vehicle hauled by a tractor unit. | | 2. | any of various wheeled frames used for transporting heavy objects. | | 3. | Also called hand truck. a barrowlike frame with low wheels, a ledge at the bottom, and handles at the top, used to move heavy luggage, packages, cartons, etc. | | 4. | a low, rectangular frame on which heavy boxes, crates, trunks, etc., are moved; a dolly. | | 5. | a tiered framework on casters. | | 6. | a group of two or more pairs of wheels in one frame, for supporting one en
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d of a railroad car, locomotive, etc. | | 7. | Movies. a dolly on which a camera is mounted. | | 8. | British. a freight car having no top. | | 9. | a small wooden wheel, cylinder, or roller, as on certain old-style gun carriages. | | 10. | Nautical. a circular or square piece of wood fixed on the head of a mast or the top of a flagstaff, usually containing small holes for signal halyards. | –verb (used with object) | 11. | to transport by truck. | –verb (used without object) | 14. | to convey articles or goods on a truck. | –adjective | 17. | of, pertaining to, or for a truck or trucks: a truck drive; truck tires. | |
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Bumper Definition–noun | 1. | a person or thing that bumps. | | 2. | a metal guard, usually horizontal, for protecting the front or rear of an automobile, truck, etc. | | 3. | any protective rim, guard, pad, or disk for absorbing shock and preventing damage from bumping, as a rubber-tipped doorstop or an old tire on the side of a boat. | | 4. | a cup or glass filled to the brim, as with beer. | | 5. | Informal. some
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thing unusually large. | | 6. | a person who molds bricks by hand. | | 7. | Foundry. a machine for ramming sand into a mold. | | 8. | a carangid fish, Chlorosombrus chrysurus, of southern U.S. and Cuban coastal seas. | | 9. | Television Slang. a brief announcement about a news story to be covered later in the programming. | –adjective | 10. | unusually abundant: Bumper crops reaped a big profit for local farmers. | –verb (used with object) |
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