sound truck
1
6.8
- noun
- /saʊnd trʌk/
:
camión de sonido
- He came to the sound truck and knocked twice.
- rightist sound trucks
- shut down a sound truck
- hear a sound truck
Examples
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Election time was coming, and I was driving the sound truck and doing odd jobs, and let me assure you that many of the political jobs I did for him were extremely odd.
Fiction book (2001) -
The candidate spoke to the crowd from a sound truck during the political rally.
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"Get to the sound truck," he said.
Fiction book (1995) -
2--we run a sound truck in and out of there half an hour ahead of time.
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After a space of less than one city block came the Democraticos sound truck and parade.
Academic text (1991) -
Perkins was already at the sound truck when Banish arrived.
Fiction book (1995) -
Perkins was waiting for Banish outside the sound truck.
Fiction book (1995) -
Banish entered the sound truck cleaned up, shaved, and wearing a fresh white shirt.
Fiction book (1995) -
As the sound truck drove through the neighborhood, people stopped to listen to the announcements.
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They used a sound truck to promote the festival by playing music and sharing details about the event.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Large heavy vehicle that carries goods or equipment on roads
How Loud
1
6.8
7
2.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a truck fitted with a loudspeaker used to broadcast' is directly derivable from combining 'sound' (noise/auditory effect) with 'truck' (a vehicle): a noun–noun compound where the first noun specifies the vehicle's function. This straightforward compositional pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer it denotes a truck that produces or carries sound for broadcasting.
Etymology
The compound noun sound truck comes from the simple image of a truck carrying loudspeakers that send out sound as it drives through streets. That's why it now means 'a truck fitted with a loudspeaker used to broadcast announcements'.