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truckonaut

truckonaut noun: one of the Cubans who adapted a truck to act as a boat and used it to sail to the USA.

Noun

truckonaut (plural truckonauts)

  1. One of the Cubans who adapted a truck to act as a boat and used it to sail to the USA.
    • Remember the truckonaut Cuban, the guy who rigged a ‘52 Chevy truck on to a boat and set sail for the Florida coast? Well, he was captured and sent back, but told to go through properly channels. He did. He’s expected to receive a U.S. visa on Monday.2003 October 31, “Anderson Cooper 360”, in Anderson Cooper
    • Eleven Cubans in a vintage Buick — three of them the original “truckonauts” who tried a similar intrepid journey last year aboard a battered Chevy pickup — were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard early Wednesday and now face a return trip to the communist island.2004 May 2, Tere Figueras, Luisa Yanez, “Cubans’ Buick pulled over at sea”, in The Miami Herald

Forms of truckonaut

pluraltruckonauts

Origin of truckonaut

From truck + -o- + -naut, a calque of Spanish camionauta.

Questions about truckonaut

What does truckonaut mean?
Truckonaut means one of the Cubans who adapted a truck to act as a boat and used it to sail to the USA.
What part of speech is truckonaut?
Truckonaut is a noun.
What is the plural of truckonaut?
The plural of truckonaut is truckonauts.

Words near truckonaut in the dictionary

  1. truckman
  2. truckmaster
  3. truckmasters
  4. truckmen
  5. truckology
  6. truckonaut
  7. truckonauts
  8. trucks
  9. trucks in
  10. trucks out
  11. trucksful

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