# trucks

Pronunciation: say "TRUKS" /tɹʌks/

## Noun

1. Plural of truck. — plural of truck
   - Simple: Plural of truck. Use this form when you mean more than one truck.
   - _Heavy trucks rumbled past the house all through the night._
   - _The company added ten new delivery trucks to its fleet._
3. The wheeled assembly mounted under a railroad car or locomotive, supporting its weight and letting it roll and swivel along the rails.
   - Simple: The set of wheels and frame beneath a railroad car that lets it roll and turn along the track.
   - _Engineers inspected the trucks beneath each car for cracked springs._
   - _The new trucks gave the locomotive a smoother ride through tight curves._
4. An outdoor game resembling billiards but played on a grass lawn instead of a table.
   - Simple: An old outdoor game played on grass, much like billiards.
   - _Guests at the manor spent the afternoon at trucks on the south lawn._
   - _He was unbeaten at trucks among the village players._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of truck. — third-person singular simple present indicative of truck
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of truck. Use this form with he, she, or it.
   - _The mill trucks its lumber down to the harbor twice a week._
   - _He trucks fresh fish inland to the city restaurants._

## Noun

5. Trousers, the garment worn from the waist to the ankles with a separate part for each leg. *(archaic, UK)*
   - Simple: Trousers, the clothing that covers each leg from the waist down.
   - _The lad rolled up his trucks before wading into the stream._
   - _His Sunday trucks were pressed and laid out on the bed._

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