- (especially North American English) (British English usually lorry)a large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road
- a truck driver
- a 10-ton truck
- Scott got a full time job driving a truck.
Collocations DrivingDrivingHaving a carsee also food truck, trailer truck- have/own/(British English) run a car
- ride a motorcycle/motorbike
- drive/prefer/use an automatic/a manual/(North American English, informal) a stick shift
- have/get your car serviced/fixed/repaired
- buy/sell a used car/(especially British English) a second-hand car
- take/pass/fail a (British English) driving test/(both North American English) driver’s test/road test
- get/obtain/have/lose/carry a/your (British English) driving licence/(North American English) driver’s license
- put on/fasten/(North American English) buckle/wear/undo your seat belt/safety belt
- put/turn/leave the key in the ignition
- start the car/engine
- (British English) change/(North American English) shift/put something into gear
- press/put your foot on the brake pedal/clutch/accelerator
- release the clutch/(especially British English) the handbrake/(both North American English) the emergency brake/the parking brake
- drive/park/reverse the car
- (British English) indicate left/right
- (especially North American English) signal that you are turning left/right
- take/miss (British English) the turning/(especially North American English) the turn
- apply/hit/slam on the brake(s)
- beep/honk/(especially British English) toot/(British English) sound your horn
- a car skids/crashes (into something)/collides (with something)
- swerve to avoid an oncoming car/a pedestrian
- crash/lose control of the car
- have/be in/be killed in/survive a car crash/a car accident/(North American English) a car wreck/a hit-and-run
- be run over/knocked down by a car/bus/truck
- dent/hit (British English) the bonnet/(North American English) the hood
- break/crack/shatter (British English) the windscreen/(North American English) the windshield
- blow/(especially British English) burst/puncture (British English) a tyre/(North American English) a tire
- get/have (British English) a flat tyre/a flat tire/a puncture
- inflate/change/fit/replace/check a tyre/tire
- be caught in/get stuck in/sit in a traffic jam
- cause congestion/tailbacks/traffic jams/gridlock
- experience/face lengthy delays
- beat/avoid the traffic/the rush hour
- break/observe/(North American English) drive the speed limit
- be caught on (British English) a speed camera
- stop somebody for/pull somebody over for/(British English, informal) be done for speeding
- (both informal) run/(British English) jump a red light/the lights
- be arrested for/charged with (British English) drink-driving/(both US English) driving under the influence (DUI)/driving while intoxicated (DWI)
- be banned/(British English) disqualified from driving
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya2- A convoy of heavy trucks rumbled past.
- A tanker truck filled with gas exploded on the highway.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
- convoy
- fleet
- drive
- park
- load
- …
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
- driver
- stop
- bed
- …
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- (British English) (North American English car)an open railway vehicle for carrying goods or animals
- a cattle truck
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by bus and trainb1- The truck came loose from the engine and began to roll backwards.
- The only way of getting out of the city was in a cattle truck.
- An ammunition truck exploded just yards from the station.
- a truck load of grain
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- railway
- cattle
- coal
- …
- pull
- a vehicle that is open at the back, used for carrying goods, soldiers, animals, etc.
- a delivery/farm truck
- a dump/tow/armoured truck
- They heard a truck pull up outside.
Extra Examples- The soldiers were travelling in the back of the truck.
- a truck carrying sacks of vegetables
- Zach was playing with a toy truck on the floor.
- She heard the truck parking in front of the building.
- The bus crashed into a truck loaded with timber.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- heavy
- heavy-duty
- …
- convoy
- fleet
- drive
- park
- load
- …
- drive
- roll
- rumble
- …
- driver
- stop
- bed
- …
- a vehicle for carrying things, that is pulled or pushed by hand
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perhaps short for truckle in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’. The sense ‘wheeled vehicle’ dates from the late 18th cent.
Idioms
See truck in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee truck in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishhave/want no truck with somebody/something
- (formal) to refuse to deal with somebody; to refuse to accept or consider something
- We in this party will have no truck with illegal organizations.
- Dave wants no truck with change. For him, things are just fine as they are.
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