Mack truck
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3.5
- noun
- /mæk trʌk/
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camión Mack
- The delivery of goods was scheduled for Friday, and a Mack truck was dispatched to haul the freight.
- hit by a Mack truck
So some dude like in a fucking Mack truck passing by.
- So some dude like in a fucking Mack truck passing by.
Examples
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On the highway, I saw a Mack truck transporting heavy construction equipment.
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Seconds later, a big Mack truck came barreling through the intersection.
Blog text (26) -
It could have come from a Mack truck in Arizona.
Fiction book (1994) -
Lacking both power steering and power brakes, the machine "handles like a Mack truck," but these weak points are outweighed by the excitement it stirs in onlookers.
Blog text (10) -
Farmers often rely on a Mack truck to transport their harvests to market.
Synonyms
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1.0
Large heavy vehicle that carries goods or equipment on roads
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3.5
A large vehicle like a truck that carries heavy loads
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3.2
A very large vehicle with a separate trailer that carries goods
A large truck with a tractor and trailer that carries goods long distances
A large vehicle that carries goods
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Mack + truck
This is a straightforward brand-name + noun compound: the meaning is directly compositional as ‘a truck made by Mack (Mack Trucks)’. If a B1 learner knows 'truck' and recognises 'Mack' as a company or proper name, the overall meaning is immediately inferable, so the expression is transparent.
Etymology
Mack truck comes from the maker's name Mack and the word truck, because the company built very strong trucks and often put a small metal bulldog on the front. People began calling those big vehicles Mack trucks, so today Mack truck means a large, 'heavy' truck.