What is a Truck?
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A truck is a large vehicle usually used for transporting bulk goods or other materials. The word "truck" comes from the Greek "trochos", meaning "wheel". In America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. When the gasoline engine-driven trucks came into fashion, these were called "motor trucks" and the Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV). Lorry is a British term but is only used for the medium and heavy types, i.e. a van, a pickup or a SUV would never be regarded as a "lorry".

A semi-trailer truck or tractor-trailer (colloquially known as a transfer truck, 18-wheeler, semi, or big-rig in the U.S.; as a semi in Australia, and Canada; and as an articulated lorry (artic), or truck and trailer in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand) is an articulated truck or lorry consisting of a towing engine (tractor in the U.S., prime mover in Australia, and truck in the UK, Canada and New Zealand), and a semi-trailer (plus possible additional trailers) that carries the freight.

In the UK, the term juggernaut is sometimes used for especially large articulated lorries.

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