truck driver

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Noun[edit]

truck driver (plural truck drivers)

  1. (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A person employed to drive a truck, especially a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.
  2. (skiing) A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck.
    Hypernyms: pike, double-grab
    Coordinate terms: mute grab, Japan grab
  3. (cycling) A freestyle BMX move involving turning the bicycle handlebar 360-degrees, akin to spinning the steering wheel of a big truck to turn.
  4. (military slang, World War IWorld War II) A bomber pilot.[1]

Synonyms[edit]

  • (driver of vehicle): lorry driver (UK, Ireland, India, Pakistan)
  • (driver of vehicle): trucker (US, Canada)
  • (driver of vehicle): truckie (Australia, NZ)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Lighter, Jonathan (1972), “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, issue 1/2, page 113