Meaning of Trucking | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Trading, bartering.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. the conveyance of freight by trucks.
   US, countable, uncountable
3. Lateral movement of the camera.
   countable, uncountable
4. moving quickly
   countable, uncountable
5. walking
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“This they were wont to use⟳ also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have⟳ plentie of the same forme of yron.”

“Truckin,' he says, means moving along with zest and enjoying it”

“I could've killed that kid. I mean⟳, I was really truckin'. So I blow⟳ out my knee to save⟳ his life and I'm on the ground in a swastika, and the mother just grabs his hand and keeps walking.”

“Most backpackers don't realize⟳ that on every hike, usually without thinking about it, they walk⟳ on their stomach - with Vibram-soled boots. The way Napoleon said an army marches on its tum-tum. The food we drop into our stomach is what keeps us truckin'. Body fuel. It supplies calories to keep⟳ our legs moving”

“2010 Thomas Bruso, AC TRANSIT BUS FIGHT⟳-- Interview w Tom (Epic Beard Man) doghousefm 1 minute 30 seconds I walked away, you saw⟳ me trucking. Trucking means walking.”

“I walk⟳ arm in arm with buddies, stepping together like⟳ Mr. Natural, trucking along”

“Truck - Used as a verb, it means to go somewhere. "Let's truck down to the Cotton Club." The etymology of the word seems obvious enough: to truck is to transport⟳ or carry⟳, so the sense⟳ here is to transport⟳ or carry⟳ oneself somewhere.”

“trucking or truckin' moving along at one's own⟳ pace, in one's own⟳, individual way. The walking style performed by Mr. Natural in the Zap Comics, drawn by R. Crumb. A term popularized by the Grateful Dead in their 1971 song "Truckin'."”

“Much of the race⟳ wound steeply through mountain passes, and she passed me with a backward-looking grin during the first hours of the race⟳, so you know⟳ she was truckin' along pretty well.”

“I grab⟳ my coat, purse, and keys and hightail it out the front door. "Hey that, Crazy Gracie, Where ya headin'?" I slam back against the door, my feet slipping in fright, but it's not long before Clete's obvious presence makes me realize⟳ I don't need⟳ to run⟳ for my life. Today. "Clete you little cotton picker. You scared the shit out of me!" "Sorry, darlin', was gonna ring⟳ tha bell but ya came truckin' out like⟳ ya were on fire."”

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