wrecker
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈrɛkər/
- US
:
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- The car was loaded onto a wrecker and towed to the repair shop.
- wrecker driver
- wrecker yard
- wrecker truck
Examples
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When my car broke down, I called a wrecker to help me get it off the road.
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The southbound lanes of the freeway were temporarily closed, and a wrecker hoisted the pickup out of the water.
Fiction book (1999) -
I had a wrecker come pick it up, drop us off here... and gonna get it fixed in the morning.
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A wrecker truck coming down along the road.
Fiction book (2001) -
I need one ambulance and one wrecker.
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Need an ambulance and a wrecker on Airline road three miles north of 90.
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As the man from the wrecker backs his truck up to the hood of the rental truck.
Fiction book (2001) -
The wrecker and the truck passing through the roadblock.
Fiction book (2001) -
A wrecker or tow truck should be on-site and manned at all times for such an event.
Academic text (2007) -
The wrecker, meanwhile, pulled slowly at the other car, which emitted a screech of grating metal, then yelped outright.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
48
2.7
A truck that lifts and pulls cars that are broken or parked illegally
1
3.3
A vehicle that pulls away broken or illegally parked cars
Compounds
- Offensive
9
7.9
A person who has a romantic relationship with someone married or in a relationship, causing it to end
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wrecker comes from wreck ('a broken or damaged thing'). The word became the name for a truck that pulls away broken cars, because the truck's job is to clear or remove the wrecks.