Truck

A truck is a wheeled device for transporting goods.

The term is most commonly used in American English to refer to what earlier was called a motor truck, and in British English is often called a lorry. this type of truck is a motor vehicle designed to carry goods, with a cab and a tray or compartment for carrying goods.

In Australia and New Zealand a truck with an open tray is called a "ute".

For larger vehicles, see semi-trailer trucks. For smaller vehicles, see pickup trucks.

A hand truck is a small human powered truck. It consists of a metal plate attached to metal tubing and two large wheels. The metal tubing is bent to form a long handle, so as to provide good mechanical advantage. The metal plate is slipped under large heavy objects, and the truck and object are tilted backward until the weight is balanced over the large wheels, making otherwise bulky and heavy objects easy to move.

A railroad truck is a movable platform on pairs of wheels which supports one end of a railroad car; it is also called bogie.

Truck is also a (now little used) term meaning to barter or negotiate exchange; it survives in such expressions as "truck farming[?]" and to have no truck with someone.

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