semitruck

noun

semi·​truck ˈse-ˌmī-ˌtrək How to pronounce semitruck (audio)

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Eastern Michigan football recruit Elijah Berman was killed in a motorcycle crash involving a semitruck Tuesday evening, according to officials. Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2025 May 25, 2022: The robbery of a semitruck with Samsung electronics. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 19 June 2025 Another particularly deadly accident occurred in 2021 in Holtville, California, when an SUV transporting 25 migrants collided with a semitruck. Marni Lafleur, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2025 What To Know An officer in Fruita stopped Dias Goncalves for allegedly following a semitruck too closely. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for semitruck

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of semitruck was in 1969

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“Semitruck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semitruck. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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