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trucker

/ˈtɹʌkə/US/ˈtɹʌkɚ/

trucker noun: one who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.

Noun (1)

trucker (plural truckers)

  1. (UK, derogatory, dialectal) One who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
  2. (Scotland, UK, derogatory, dialectal) A rogue; rascal; miscreant; a ne'er-do-well.

Adjective

trucker (comparative more trucker, superlative most trucker)

  1. (Scotland, UK, derogatory, dialectal) Dishonest; resulting from or inspired by dishonesty.

Noun (2)

trucker (plural truckers)

  1. (Canada, UK, US, derogatory, dialectal, informal) A truck driver.
    • I says, "Pig Pen, this here's the Rubber Duck
      We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll."
      So we crashed the gate doing ninety-eight.
      I says "Let them truckers roll, 10-4!"1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall
    • He slung wild salmon at a Whole Foods fish counter, lived on beef jerky and Gatorade on a grueling eight-state journey with a long haul trucker, sneaked into giant pig and chicken factory farms with animal activists, and interviewed the equivalent of modern-day slaves in the Thai fishing industry....2020 September 24, Alex Williams, “The Ugly (and Glorious) Truth About American Supermarkets”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 01 Nov 2020
    Synonyms:
    truckie

Noun (3)

trucker (plural truckers)

  1. (UK, archaic, derogatory, dialectal) One who trucks or trafficks, by trade of goods; a trafficker.
    • No man having ever yet driven a saving bargain with this great trucker for souls.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

trucker meaning in Tamil

trucker in Tamil

கூவி விற்பவர்

Synonyms of trucker

Forms of trucker

Noun
pluraltruckers
alternative formtruker
alternative formtrukker
alternative formtrucour
alternative formtruiker
alternative formtreukour
Adjective
comparativemore trucker
superlativemost trucker

Origin of trucker

From Middle English *trukere (“one who disappoints, a deceiver”), from Middle English trukien (“to fail, run out, disappoint”), equivalent to truck (“to fail”) + -er (agent noun suffix). Compare trooker.

From truck (“a vehicle”) + -er (occupational suffix).

From truck (“to barter, trade”) + -er (agent noun suffix).

Words formed from trucker

Phrases with trucker

Words that rhyme with trucker

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Questions about trucker

What does trucker mean?
Trucker means one who has done something offensive; a deceitful, dishonest, or disreputable person; a deceiver; a cheat.
What is trucker in Tamil?
Trucker in Tamil is கூவி விற்பவர். See Trucker meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trucker?
Trucker can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce trucker?
Trucker is pronounced /ˈtɹʌkə/ (UK).
What is the plural of trucker?
The plural of trucker is truckers.

Words near trucker in the dictionary

  1. truckdriving
  2. trucked
  3. trucked in
  4. trucked out
  5. Truckee
  6. trucker
  7. trucker bomb
  8. trucker bombs
  9. trucker hat
  10. trucker hats
  11. trucker's hitch

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trucker (page history and authors); trucker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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