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trucking

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌkɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English truck English -ing English trucking From truck + -ing.

  1. Trading, bartering.

    “This they were wont to use also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have plentie of the same forme of yron.”

  2. the conveyance of freight by trucks.
  3. Lateral movement of the camera.
  4. moving quickly

    “Truckin,' he says, means moving along with zest and enjoying it”

    “I could've killed that kid. I mean, I was really truckin'. So I blow out my knee to save his life and I'm on the ground in a swastika, and the mother just grabs his hand and keeps walking.”

  5. walking

    “Most backpackers don't realize that on every hike, usually without thinking about it, they walk on their stomach - with Vibram-soled boots. The way Napoleon said an army marches on its tum-tum. The food we drop into our stomach is what keeps us truckin'. Body fuel. It supplies calories to keep our legs moving”

    “2010 Thomas Bruso, AC TRANSIT BUS FIGHT-- Interview w Tom (Epic Beard Man) doghousefm 1 minute 30 seconds I walked away, you saw me trucking. Trucking means walking.”

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English truck English -ing English trucking From truck + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of truck