truck stop

noun

: a facility especially for truckers that is usually by a highway and that includes a diner, fuel pumps, and a garage

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Love's Love's began as a single truck stop in Oklahoma and has grown to over 600 locations nationwide. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 July 2025 Just hours later, Purpura, 31, of Indianapolis, was murdered at the Flying J truck stop on the southside of Indianapolis. Tim Evans, IndyStar, 2 July 2025 One driver went into the truck stop to get food, leaving his co-worker sleeping in the truck’s berth. Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 19 June 2025 In some cases, the crimes relied on tactics similar to those later used at the Flying J truck stop. Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for truck stop

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of truck stop was circa 1951

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“Truck stop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truck%20stop. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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