Truckload
/ˈtɹʌkˌloʊd/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 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."
Antonyms
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More examples"Mobsters stole a truckload of frog legs, but the police never bothered to investigate."
Etymology
From truck + load.