e-truck

noun

Etymology

From e- + truck, as with e-bike and various other such terms.

  1. derived from *der- — “to flay, split
  2. derived from *derew-
  3. inherited from *trokōn — “to fail, miss, lack
  4. inherited from trucian — “to fail, run short, deceive, disappoint
  5. inherited from truken
  6. formed as e-truck — “e- + truck

Definitions

  1. An electric truck

    An electric truck: a motor truck whose propulsion is electric, especially one that is fully electric as opposed to hybrid electric.

    • Daimler Truck is a leading maker of electric trucks, and DFDS [an international shipping and logistics company] is one of logistics' biggest e-truck customers, yet widespread adoption is a long way off.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for e-truck. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA