monster truck

English

A monster truck.

Etymology

Literally, monster (“very large”) +‎ truck (“motor vehicle”). Reportedly coined by Bob George, an owner of a motorsports promotion company, in the early 1980s, when referring to a popularly oversized truck named Bigfoot. Through semantic generalization, it came to refer to any of these oversized trucks.

Pronunciation

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Noun

monster truck (plural monster trucks)

1. A large truck designed specifically to perform in monster truck shows, typically based on a lifted pickup truck with oversized wheels and modified suspension.

Translations

truck designed to perform in monster truck shows

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 怪獸卡車／怪兽卡车 (guàishòu kǎchē), 大腳車／大脚车 (dàjiǎochē)

• Finnish: monsteriauto
• French: monster truck m, camion monstre m (North America)
• German: Monstertruck n
• Japanese: モンスタートラック (monsutātorakku)
• Korean: 몬스터 트럭 (monseuteo teureok)
• Russian: монстр-тра́к m (monstr-trák)
• Spanish: camión monstruo m
• Swedish: monstertruck c