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View synonyms for trucking

trucking

1

[ truhk-ing ]

noun

  1. the art or business of conveying articles or goods on trucks. truck.


trucking

2

[ truhk-ing ]

noun

  1. the growing of vegetables for the market.
  2. commercial bartering.

trucking

1

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

  1. Also calledtruck farmingBrit, Austral., NZ, and South Africanmarket gardening the business of growing fruit and vegetables on a commercial scale
  2. commercial exchange; barter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


trucking

2

/ ˈtrʌkɪŋ /

noun

  1. the transportation of goods by lorry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of trucking1

First recorded in 1800–10; truck 1 + -ing 1

Origin of trucking2

First recorded in 1585–95; truck 2 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

Later in 2019, Aurora pivoted to long-haul trucking as the first application for its self-driving technology.

Nikola bulls believed the company would do for hydrogen-powered, long-haul trucking what Tesla has done for electric cars.

From Fortune

Gatik cofounder and CEO Gautam Narang describes his company’s goal as addressing the “middle mile” of autonomous transport, between long-haul trucking and last-mile delivery robots.

From Fortune

In July, the Treasury Department made a $700 million loan to YRC Worldwide, a struggling trucking company backed by Apollo.

That work has accelerated since spring 2019 when Daimler took a majority stake in Torc Robotics, an autonomous trucking startup that had been working with Luminar the past two years.

The trucking roads make it easier for predators to wipe out prey.

He called it the Twilight Express Trucking, no doubt in tribute to the series of books and movies.

Meanwhile, school buses, trucking fleets, and delivery vehicles are being converted to run on compressed natural gas.

The FBI has used them to recover diverted trucking shipments of consumer electronics.

Canvass of the local trucking industry brought to light the conveyor of that elegant article of furniture.

Some day I'm going to have a trucking business of my own; there's good money in it.

Within a few years a whole settlement of shacks grows up around it, and soon the trucking of the neighborhood is in foreign hands.

Since the cost of transportation varies with the distance, the trucking charge is customarily given as a separate item.

Trees were in full leaf, and numerous cold frames showed that trucking was in full operation.

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