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Trucking Moderate

Trucking has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the activity of transporting goods by truck

"The company expanded its trucking operations to deliver fresh produce across three states."

2

Trading, bartering.

"The ancient market relied on trucking goods directly from farmers to merchants without using money."

Verb
1

present participle of truck

"The heavy rain made the journey by trucking down the muddy road much slower than usual."

In plain English: To truck means to move something by pushing, pulling, or carrying it with your hands instead of using tools.

"The heavy rain made trucking up to our house very difficult today."

Example Sentences
"The heavy rain made trucking up to our house very difficult today." verb
"The trucking company finally moved all their equipment after weeks of rain." verb
"He spent his summer trucking vegetables from the farm to the city markets." verb
"After years in sales, she got into trucking heavy machinery across the state." verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
transportation
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
cartage

Origin

Trucking comes from the word truck, which originally meant to exchange goods by barter before evolving to mean a vehicle used for hauling cargo. The suffix -ing was added later to describe the action of using such vehicles or transporting freight in that manner.

Rhyming Words
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