truck

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
truck1

▶noun

• 1 a large road vehicle, used for carrying goods, materials, or troops.

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

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

• 2 a railway bogie.

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

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

▶verb chiefly N. Amer.

• 1 convey by truck.

• 2 informal go or proceed in a casual or leisurely way.

– derivatives
truckage noun,
truckload noun.

– origin ME (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perh. short for truckle1 in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
truck2

▶noun

• 1 archaic barter.

  ■ chiefly historical the payment of workers in kind or with vouchers.

• 2 chiefly archaic small wares.

• 3 chiefly US market-garden produce, especially vegetables.

▶verb archaic barter or exchange.

– phrases
have (or want) no truck with avoid or wish to avoid dealings or association with.

– origin ME: prob. from OFr., of unknown origin; cf. med. L. trocare.