pickup truck
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2.5
- noun
- /ˈpɪkʌp trʌk/
- US
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camioneta
- The pickup truck was ideal for hauling furniture during the move.
- drive a pickup truck
- back of a pickup truck
- park a pickup truck
We piled into my husband's pickup truck and we did college tours.
- We piled into my husband's pickup truck and we did college tours.
- But you know, I'd normally never compare a pickup truck to a sports car, right?
- The next day, he took his pickup truck and drove it to Western Maryland.
- So we throw them in the back of this filthy pickup truck, Toyota Cherry, it was called.
- And I had this vision of like a line of Hilux pickup trucks full of Taliban fighters.
- And we run them in ruggedized Hilux's like pickup trucks and move, move patients and such.
- You know that American men are in love with a pickup truck.
- You know why Americans celebrate the pickup truck?
- He's like, hey, we got to solve the problem with pickup trucks.
- But I'll, I'll tell you this, a lot of my wealthiest clients drove Ford pickup trucks.
- And then all of a sudden this kind of like small open backed pickup truck comes towards us on the road.
Examples
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He loaded the supplies onto his pickup truck before driving to the construction site.
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Each evening after work, they jumped into their pickup trucks and drove home for their own bread and milk.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is just a regular old pickup truck except massive.
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So it's high performance, but it's also a pickup truck and a sports car.
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There was quite a bit of traffic and I stopped alongside this green pickup truck.
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The driver of the pickup truck fell asleep at the wheel.
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And they went out to their pickup truck to go have a picnic.
Academic text (2011) -
When she got out of the pickup truck, she carried her things with difficulty.
Fiction book (1994) -
The next day, he took his pickup truck and drove it to Western Maryland.
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Beside the house stood a pickup truck with its lights on.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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3.0
A small truck with an open back for carrying goods
A small truck used to carry goods short distances
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun 'pickup truck' is transparently compositional: 'pickup' (a small vehicle with a bed) plus 'truck' (a cargo vehicle) directly yields the meaning 'a light vehicle with an open cargo area.' This is a common noun–noun compound and corresponds to similar constructions in many languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name pickup truck comes from the idea of a light truck used to pick up goods and carry them in an open back. That's why it means a small, open-backed vehicle for carrying goods.