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trucking

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6 meanings of trucking

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  1. 1
    nounUSuncountable
    The business of moving goods from place to place using trucks.

    Like the delivery part of online shopping, but for huge loads moving between cities.

    Trucking keeps store shelves stocked across the whole country.

    He found a steady job in trucking after leaving the farm.

    Similarhaulage, freight, transport, shipping

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of truck. Use this form when the action is happening right now.

    They are trucking the harvest to market before dawn.

    He spent the whole summer trucking lumber across the state.

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  3. 3
    noununcountable
    The act of moving along quickly and steadily.

    Like keeping a steady, fast pace until you reach the end.

    After lunch it was nonstop trucking until we reached the lake.

    A few minutes of quick trucking and we caught up with the others.

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  4. 4
    noununcountable
    The act of going somewhere on foot.

    Like using your own two feet to get where you're going.

    After the car broke down, it was a long bit of trucking to the next town.

    A morning of easy trucking took us through the whole park.

    Similarwalking, tramping, trekking, hiking, trudging

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  5. 5
    noununcountable
    A sideways move of the whole camera during a shot.

    Like sliding sideways while filming, instead of just turning in place.

    The director asked for some trucking to follow the actor along the hallway.

    A slow trucking across the room revealed the hidden door.

    Similartracking, crabbing

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  1. 6
    nounarchaicuncountable
    The act of trading goods for other goods.

    Like swapping toys with a friend instead of buying new ones.

    The settlers kept up a lively trucking with the nearby villages.

    This they were wont to use also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have plentie of the same forme of yron.
    1624, John Smith, Generall HistorieHere, trucking means trading goods for other goods, without money.
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trucking is a form of truck

truck, verb: To move goods from one place to another using a truck. Full entry

Forms
trucktrucks he/she/ittrucking -ing formtrucked past tense, past participle
Spelling
truck → trucking: add -ing

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Origin

It comes from the word "truck" plus the ending "-ing".