dump truck
13
2.3
- noun
- /dʌmp trʌk/
- US
:
camión volquete
- A large dump truck delivered soil for the landscaping project in the backyard.
- dump truck and a loader
Like now you can drive dump trucks down this road.
- Like now you can drive dump trucks down this road.
- Well, I've I've stood next to a large dump truck before, so I'm going to say that.
Examples
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The backhoes will dig wide foundations, and the dump trucks will ferry away the land.
Fiction book (1997) -
There were a couple of toys on the floor, a yellow dump truck, and some other things.
Fiction book (1993) -
"When we brought her in, she was holding onto this dump truck for dear life."
Fiction book (1996) -
Dave, bring in the dump truck.
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Moving slowly toward them was a third dump truck loaded with sand.
Fiction book (1997) -
A few years later, he acquired a dump truck and a loader and found somebody to work with him.
Academic text (1997) -
The crane, dozer, and dump truck had all departed.
Academic text (2008) -
Wilkens pulls up with the dump truck, lowboy, and backhoe.
Fiction book (1990) -
Children and dogs forage for salvageable items, while in the distance, dump trucks grind over the dunes of refuse.
Fiction book (1998) -
One fenced-off junkyard contains cars with fins, washing machines, dump trucks, and various light aircraft sans wings.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
1
4.9
A truck that carries loose material and empties it by tipping its load
1
6.2
A truck with a bed that tilts to unload loose material like sand
1
3.7
A truck with a bed that tilts to unload loose materials like sand
A truck with a tilting bed that unloads loose materials like sand or gravel
A large truck with a back that lifts to pour out loose material like sand or gravel
How Big
- US
13
2.3
- US
76
2.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
dump + truck
The slang sense 'a very large, shapely buttocks' cannot be directly derived from the literal meanings of the parts—'truck' (a large vehicle) and the unclear 'dump'—because the expression is a playful sexualized metaphor rather than a compositional compound. This colloquial, culture-specific usage is idiomatic and unpredictable for a B1 learner who merely knows the constituent words, so it should be treated as opaque.
Etymology
Dump truck comes from the truck's job: the word dump means to let a load fall out when the truck's bed lifts, so you can picture sand and rocks sliding out the back. That's why it refers to a large truck made to carry and unload material by 'dumping' it.