truck driver

== English == === Alternative forms === truckdriver, truck-driver === Pronunciation === === Noun === truck driver (plural truck drivers) (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) A person employed to drive a truck, especially a tractor-trailer or other large industrial truck. Synonyms: lorry driver (UK, Ireland, India, Pakistan), trucker (US, Canada), truckie (Australia, NZ) Hyponym: owner-operator (usually hyponymous) (skiing) A freestyle skiing aerialist move involving grabbing the front end of one's skis on a jump in a pike position, similar to holding the large steering wheel of a big truck. Hypernyms: pike, double-grab Coordinate terms: mute grab, Japan grab (cycling) A freestyle BMX move involving turning the bicycle handlebar 360-degrees, akin to spinning the steering wheel of a big truck to turn. (military slang, World War I– World War II) A bomber pilot. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “truck driver”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.