DEFINITION

truck1
▶noun
1 a large road vehicle, used for carrying goods, materials, or troops.              
■ Brit. a railway vehicle for carrying freight, especially a small open one.
■ a low flat-topped trolley used for moving heavy items.
2 a railway bogie.
■ each of two axle units on a skateboard, to which the wheels are attached.
3 a wooden disc at the top of a ship's mast or flagstaff, with holes for halyards to slide through.
▶verb chiefly N. Amer.
1 convey by truck.
2 informal go or proceed in a casual or leisurely way.
– derivatives
truckage noun,
truckload noun.
– origin ME (denoting a solid wooden wheel): perh. short for truckle1
 in the sense ‘wheel, pulley’.
truck2
▶noun
1 archaic barter.
■ chiefly historical the payment of workers in kind or with vouchers.
2 chiefly archaic small wares.
3 chiefly US market-garden produce, especially vegetables.
▶verb archaic barter or exchange.
– phrases
have (or want) no truck with avoid or wish to avoid dealings or association with.
– origin ME: prob. from OFr., of unknown origin; cf. med. L. trocare.
axle
▶noun a rod or spindle passing through the centre of a wheel or group of wheels.
– origin ME (orig. axle-tree): from ON ǫxultré.