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truckie

truckie noun: a truck driver.

Noun

truckie (plural truckies)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A truck driver.
    • I met up with a truckie and stayed on the road with him for most of the two months. I learnt how to drive the truck, even though I didn't have a truck or even a car license. I got to know other truckies and they used to ask for me on the CB radio.2005, “Marcus”, quoted in Rose McCrohan, Chapter 3: I Don′t Care If I Live or Die, Keith D. Gilbert (editor), Sexuality, Sport and the Culture of Risk, Volume 6, page 45
    • On the day of the funeral truckies on their way to the container wharf slow down as they pass the Railway Hotel and sound their earth-shattering horns.2007, Ron Davidson, Fremantle Impressions, Fremantle Press, page 282
    Synonyms:
    trucker
  2. (slang) A firefighter who works from a fire truck.

Synonyms of truckie

Forms of truckie

pluraltruckies

Origin of truckie

From truck + -ie.

Words that rhyme with truckie

5 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about truckie

What does truckie mean?
Truckie means a truck driver.
What part of speech is truckie?
Truckie is a noun.
What is the plural of truckie?
The plural of truckie is truckies.

Words near truckie in the dictionary

  1. trucker's hitch
  2. trucker's hitches
  3. truckers
  4. truckful
  5. truckfuls
  6. truckie
  7. truckier
  8. truckies
  9. truckiest
  10. truckin'
  11. trucking

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