dump truck

noun

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

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Cow poop The crash of a dump truck sent a load of cow manure onto I-95 in Brevard County. —

Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2025 Listen to this article Six people were injured on Friday when a dump truck crossed into oncoming traffic, crashed into a tractor-trailer, then slammed through a concrete wall of a Target store. —

Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025 The dump truck lost control while driving down a steep hill, crossed the road, and hit the tractor-trailer, affiliate Fox 5 New York reported. —

Alexandra Koch, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025 Simple bollards and barriers can be replaced by dump trucks with sand in them to create far more robust defenses. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dump truck