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dump truck

noun

: a large truck usually with a container on the back of it that is used for carrying and unloading loose material

Full Definition of DUMP TRUCK

:  an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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First Known Use of DUMP TRUCK

circa 1924

Rhymes with DUMP TRUCK

amok, awestruck, blackbuck, black duck, bushbuck, cold duck, dead duck, dumbstruck, fire truck, fish duck, fly-struck, hand truck, Kalmuck, lame-duck, moonstruck, mukluk, muktuk, potluck, reedbuck, roebuck, sawbuck, shelduck, stagestruck, starstruck, sunstruck, unstuck, upchuck, woodchuck

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