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dumptruck

dumptruck is the alternative form of dump truck.

Meaning of dump truck

Noun

dump truck (plural dump trucks)

  1. A heavy truck, for carrying loose, bulk cargo (e.g., soil, gravel, grain), having a hinged bed that allows the contents to be unloaded onto the ground via dumping.
    • Specialised long-reach excavators with a clamshell grab then reach though the openings to lift the spoil to the surface, which is then deposited in articulated dump trucks (ADTs).2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60
  2. (slang) A large pair of buttocks.

Forms of dumptruck

pluraldumptrucks

Questions about dumptruck

What is dumptruck the alternative form of?
Dumptruck is the alternative form of dump truck.

Words near dumptruck in the dictionary

  1. dumpstore
  2. Dumpsville
  3. dumptier
  4. dumptiest
  5. Dumpton
  6. dumptruck
  7. dumptrucks
  8. dumpty
  9. dumpukht
  10. dumpy
  11. dumpy level

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