trucking

noun

truck·​ing ˈtrə-kiŋ How to pronounce trucking (audio)
: the process or business of transporting goods on trucks

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A number of autonomous trucking companies are also testing elsewhere in the state. Bloomberg, Oc Register, 13 June 2025 In a ceremony in Washington, DC, on Thursday attended by trucking executives, Trump signed three resolutions passed by Congress aimed at revoking California’s nearly 60-year-old power to set its own motor vehicle emissions rules. Aarian Marshall, Wired News, 13 June 2025 The trucking company’s estate filed a motion with a Delaware bankruptcy court Friday requesting approval for the sale. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 4 June 2025 Per the county, two former detainees have since launched a catering company and a trucking business. Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for trucking

Word History

First Known Use

1809, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trucking was in 1809

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“Trucking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trucking. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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