Crossword clues for trucker
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trucker \Truck"er\, n. One who trucks; a trafficker.
No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with
this great trucker for souls.
--South.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 a. (context pejorative UK dialectal Scotland English) dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty. alt. 1 (context pejorative UK dialectal English) One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat. 2 (context pejorative UK dialectal Scotland English) A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well. n. 1 (context pejorative UK dialectal English) One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat. 2 (context pejorative UK dialectal Scotland English) A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well. Etymology 2
n. One who drives a truck. Etymology 3
n. (context archaic or dialectal English) One who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker.
WordNet
n. someone who drives a truck as an occupation [syn: teamster, truck driver]
Wikipedia
Trucker is a 2008 dramatic independent film by Plum Pictures, starring Michelle Monaghan and Jimmy Bennett. It was written and directed by James Mottern, and produced by Scott Hanson, Galt Niederhoffer, Celine Rattray and Daniela Taplin Lundberg.
Trucker may refer to: __NOTOC__
- A truck driver, a person employed as the driver of a truck
- Trucker (band), a rock and alternative country band from Lawrence, KS
- Truckers (2013 TV series), a 2013 drama television series on BBC One
- The first novel in The Nome Trilogy, a series of children's novels by Terry Pratchett
- Truckers (1992 TV series), the UK television series based on the first book from The Nome Trilogy
- Trucker (film), a 2008 US feature film
- Truckers, an upcoming DreamWorks Animation film
Trucker is a rock band that was formed in 1995 and is based in Lawrence, Kansas. In 2000, Trucker was interviewed and performed on the nationally televised show Farmclub; which was an hour-long program created by Universal Music Group and broadcast during primetime on the USA Network. Trucker performed alongside Enrique Iglesias and the Bloodhoud Gang during the episode which aired April 24, 2000.
In 2010, Trucker won the first phase of the Sennheiser HearIAm music campaign and received a prize package (valued at nearly $20,000) that included a performance slot at Montreal's Osheaga Festival; with a record crowd of over 50,000.
Usage examples of "trucker".
Which she could do: better to convoy with riders you knew than ones the truckers picked, and Aby was an experienced senior guide whose recommendation counted.
In addit ian , Billie had mentioned something about Charlene arranging for a few of her trucker friends to stop by before she left.
Out on the highway, truckers with their headlights on roared past, heading north with their tankers of oil, their loads of lumber, their freezer trucks full of sides of beef, or south with pulpwood, lobsters, or cans of sardines.
Dennis guessed was the stock shelver, hand trucker, general physical laborer, and muscle for the place if it was needed, looked him over but did not nod or greet him in any way.
The hotcake the trucker had discarded landed on the head of the man next to him.
He stopped, but the one on his right quietly folded a massive paw around his upper right arm and he was walking again, conscious of the stares from two truckers coming out of the main door.
The place was not as dead as he had expected, with several zombie-eyed truckers wandering rubber-legged around the brightly lighted store and half the tables in the cafe occupied.
The scavengers that night would have made quick work even of personal effects, and the convoy boss doubtless knew the names and next of kin of the dead truckers, so there was no point risking necks.
The dispatchers were like that, particularly with the indentured truckers, like him.
That was a student chore, and he was glad to be at last immune to it, but it had to be done, or the students, the staff, the truckers, even the trucks, might.
Most bays held at least two pods of different sizes, giving the truckers a chance to tailor their equipment to the jobs of the day.
He finished his coffee while Muffy poured two more cups and admitted that the two truckers seemed just barely familiar.
Ralph stood among truckers and Farm workers, anxiety plain upon his face.
Just as truckers knew the Blue Beacon, kids in the neighborhood to the south were familiar with the woods.
Her riders and her truckers had been shooting steadily for a noisy minute or two.