dump truck

noun

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

Examples of dump truck in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser announced in a statement that the city's snow team, which uses 136 snowplows and 10 dump trucks, will charge into action at midnight to pretreat roadways with snow-dissolving salt. —Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2025

That’s fewer cameras than the tractor or dump truck, but enough for the size of the machine. —Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025

According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, the dump truck had stopped to let Carter out. —Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers said the 70-year-old dump truck driver traveled off the side of an Owensville road around 9 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, before striking a utility pole, parking post and tree. —Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1924, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dump truck

• amok
• amuck
• awestruck
• dumbstruck
• potluck
• roebuck
• unstuck
• woodchuck
• chuck
• cluck
• duck
• huck

Kids Definition

dump truck

noun

: a truck for carrying and dumping loose material