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

The ball on top of a flagpole.

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".

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

Example: Mexican open-bed trucks haul most of the fresh produce that comes into the United States from Mexico.

To drive a truck: Generally a truck driver's slang.

To convey by truck.

Example: Last week, Cletus trucked 100 pounds of lumber up to Dubuque.

To travel or live contentedly.

Example: Keep on trucking!

To persist, to endure.

Example: Keep on trucking!

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

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

To deceive; cheat; defraud.

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

(often in the plural) Small, humble items; things, often for sale or barter.

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].

Garden produce, groceries (see truck garden).

(usually with negative) Social intercourse; dealings, relationships.

To trade, exchange; barter.

To engage in commerce; to barter or deal.

To have dealings or social relationships with; to engage with.