trucker
pronunciation
How to pronounce trucker in British English:
UK [ˈtrʌkə(r)]
How to pronounce trucker in American English:
US [ˈtrʌkɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who drives a truck as an occupation
Word Origin
- trucker (n.)
- 1853, "worker who moves loads using a cart;" agent noun from truck (v.2). Meaning "person who drives a motorized truck" is by 1935, a shortening of truck driver (1907).
Example
- 1. Unconvinced , the trucker implores the wife , " why aren 't you eating ? "
- 2. Another friend mentioned he 'd become a trucker .
- 3. On january 24th a striking lorry driver was run over and killed by a german trucker , who was detained by police .
- 4. Apparently , the pudgy trucker isn 't just an aberration , and the come-ons aren 't just the after-effects of alcohol .
- 5. Transport-related charges , some of which are a result of arbitrary decisions by local governments , also were at the heart of a trucker strike that gummed up shanghai 's large container handling ports last week .