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- English Word Truant Definition One who stays away from business or any duty; especially, one who stays out of school without leave; an idler; a loiterer; a shirk.
- English Word Truant Definition Wandering from business or duty; loitering; idle, and shirking duty; as, a truant boy.
- English Word Truant Definition To idle away time; to loiter, or wander; to play the truant.
- English Word Truant Definition To idle away; to waste.
- English Word Truantly Definition Like a truant; in idleness.
- English Word Truantship Definition The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy.
- English Word Trub Definition A truffle.
- English Word Trubtall Definition A short, squat woman.
- English Word Trubu Definition An East India herring (Clupea toli) which is extensively caught for the sake of its roe and for its flesh.
- English Word Trubutarily Definition In a tributary manner.
- English Word Truce Definition A suspension of arms by agreement of the commanders of opposing forces; a temporary cessation of hostilities, for negotiation or other purpose; an armistice.
- English Word Truce Definition Hence, intermission of action, pain, or contest; temporary cessation; short quiet.
- English Word Trucebreaker Definition One who violates a truce, covenant, or engagement.
- English Word Truceless Definition Without a truce; unforbearing.
- English Word Truchman Definition An interpreter. See Dragoman.
- English Word Trucidation Definition The act of killing.
- English Word Truck Definition A small wheel, as of a vehicle; specifically (Ord.), a small strong wheel, as of wood or iron, for a gun carriage.
- English Word Truck Definition A low, wheeled vehicle or barrow for carrying goods, stone, and other heavy articles.
- English Word Truck Definition A swiveling carriage, consisting of a frame with one or more pairs of wheels and the necessary boxes, springs, etc., to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or a car; -- sometimes called bogie in England. Trucks usually have four or six wheels.
- English Word Truck Definition A small wooden cap at the summit of a flagstaff or a masthead, having holes in it for reeving halyards through.
- English Word Truck Definition A small piece of wood, usually cylindrical or disk-shaped, used for various purposes.
- English Word Truck Definition A freight car.
- English Word Truck Definition A frame on low wheels or rollers; -- used for various purposes, as for a movable support for heavy bodies.
- English Word Truck Definition To transport on a truck or trucks.
- English Word Truck Definition To exchange; to give in exchange; to barter; as, to truck knives for gold dust.
- English Word Truck Definition To exchange commodities; to barter; to trade; to deal.
- English Word Truck Definition Exchange of commodities; barter.
- English Word Truck Definition Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade; small commodities; esp., in the United States, garden vegetables raised for the market.
- English Word Truck Definition The practice of paying wages in goods instead of money; -- called also truck system.
- English Word Truckage Definition The practice of bartering goods; exchange; barter; truck.