Truckload

//ˈtɹʌkˌloʊd// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The contents of a full truck or lorry.

    "A task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-shoot state troopers and sheriff’s deputies, backed in reserve by 70 truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 29 other hostages, 25 of whom were injured."

  2. 2
    A large number. slang

    "We were expecting just a handful of people to come to the festival, but then a truckload of revellers started arriving at the festival gates."

Synonyms

All synonyms
abundancearseloadassloadbellyloadboatloadbrimful

Example

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"Mobsters stole a truckload of frog legs, but the police never bothered to investigate."

Etymology

From truck + load.

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less than truckload

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