Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

truck driver

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English

Syllables: truck- -driv-er
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who drives a truck, especially one whose occupation is to drive a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; American usage

noun

A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck.

noun

A freestyle BMX move involving turning the bicycle handlebar 360-degrees, akin to spinning the steering wheel of a big truck to turn.

noun

A bomber pilot.

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

truck drivers (plural) truckdriver (alternative) truck-driver (alternative)

Phrases

truck driver's gear change drive truck

Frequently Paired Words

drive truck mute grab Japan grab

Synonyms

lorry driver trucker truckie teamster

Questions

What does truck driver mean?: A person who drives a truck, especially one whose occupation is to drive a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck.

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