# trucking

Pronunciation: say "TRUK-ing" /ˈtɹʌkɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The carrying of freight from place to place by truck, especially as a commercial industry. *(US)*
   - Simple: The business of moving goods from place to place using trucks.
   - _Trucking moves the vast majority of consumer goods within the United States._
   - _Rising fuel prices squeezed profit margins across the trucking industry._
3. Continuous, brisk movement forward, especially progress kept up at a steady, fast pace.
   - Simple: The act of moving along quickly and steadily.
   - _Three hours of hard trucking down the highway got them home before midnight._
   - _The hikers settled into a rhythm of steady trucking up the trail._
4. Travel on foot, especially the steady activity of going somewhere by walking.
   - Simple: The act of going somewhere on foot.
   - _Hours of trucking along country lanes left their boots caked in mud._
   - _A day's trucking around the city wore out her new shoes._
5. The lateral movement of a camera across a scene, shifting the whole camera sideways rather than pivoting it in place.
   - Simple: A sideways move of the whole camera during a shot.
   - _The shot opens with a slow trucking past the row of market stalls._
   - _Camera operators use trucking to keep a walking subject centered in frame._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of truck. — present participle and gerund of truck
   - Simple: Present participle of truck. Use this form when the action is happening right now.
   - _The company is trucking supplies to the disaster zone around the clock._
   - _Trucking goods over the mountain pass takes nearly two days in winter._

## Noun

6. The exchange of goods by trading or bartering, especially without the use of money. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: The act of trading goods for other goods.
   - _The frontier economy ran on trucking between farmers and itinerant peddlers._
   - _He grew wealthy through years of trucking in spices and cloth._

## Origin

Formed from "truck" with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/trucking (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).