Reverse Dictionary: TRUCKING

ADJECTIVES
► DOUBLE-CLUTCH relating to a truck driver → 1950 Amer. dial.
► GYPSY unlicensed, unregulated, usually owned by the operator; independent of any organization, legal or otherwise; generally applied to a taxicab or truck, although originally to a racehorse owner/jockey → 1951 US sl.
► NAKED of a truck: driving without a trailer → 1976 US sl.
► TACKED OUT in trucking: running at full speed → 1971 US sl.

ADVERBS
► FULL SAILS in trucking: driving at top speed with the wind behind you → 1976 US sl.

NOUNS
► AGGIE OVERDRIVE in trucking: coasting in neutral gear → 1976 US sl.
► AMAZER ► AMAZER MACHINE in trucking: a police radar unit used for measuring vehicle speed → 1976 US sl.
► ANGEL BUGGY in trucking: a truck carrying explosive or highly flammable cargo → 1977 Amer. sl.
► ANNIE LAURIE a lorry → 20C Eng. rhyming sl.
► BACKSLIDE a return trip, as in a truck → 1976 US sl., esp. Citizens’ Band usage
► BONECRUSHER in trucking: a truck that rides very roughly → 1971 US sl.
► BOULEVARD in trucking: a major motorway → 1986 US sl.
► BUSHEL in trucking: a load of half a ton → 1976 US sl.
► CACKLE CRATE in trucking: a truck hauling chickens → 1942 US sl.
► CHERRY PICKER in trucking: an extremely high cabover tractor → 1971 US sl.
► CONVOY a group of trucks driving as a group in communication with each other → 1971 US sl.
► DOUBLE-CLUTCHERS heavy boots worn by truck drivers → 1968 Amer. dial.
► EASY CHAIR in a group of three or more trucks travelling on a motorway: the middle truck → 1976 US sl.
► FUNNY BOOK in trucking: a driver’s daily log book → 1976 US sl.
► GANDY DANCER in trucking: a tractor trailer that weaves back and forth on the road → 1971 US sl.
► GIPSY ► GYPSY in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated → 1946 Amer. sl.
► HORSE in trucking: a tractor truck → 1942 Amer. sl.
► HUSKY in trucking: a Brockway truck → 1976 US sl.
► LIE SHEET a truck driver’s log book → 1971 US sl.
► PAJAMA WAGON in trucking: a truck can with a factory-manufactured sleeping compartment → 1971 US sl.
► PEDDLE RUN in trucking: a job with frequent stops for deliveries → 1971 US sl.
► PENSION RUN in trucking: an easy, undemanding, regular route → 1971 US sl.
► PUG in trucking, a cabover tractor → 1971 US sl.
► PULLING GEAR in trucking: the gear best suited for climbing a hill → 1971 US sl.
► QUAD in trucking: a quadriplex transmission that provides twenty forward gears and four reverse → 1971 US sl.
► RANCH in trucking: anywhere a trucker spends the night → 1976 US sl.
► RUNNIN’ HOT a trucker term for running a truck without the right permits, overweight, or otherwise outside the law  → Bk1998 sl.
► RUNNIN’ LEGAL the opposite of ‘runnin’ hot’ → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SADDLE 1. in trucking: the driver’s seat → 1971 US sl.
2. in trucking: the truck in the middle of a group of trucks travelling down the highway together → 1976 US sl.
► SAILBOAT FUEL trucker talk for the cargo in an empty trailer → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SCOW in trucking: an especially large truck → 1946 US sl.
► SIDEWINDER in trucking: a U-model Mack truck with a slightly off-centre driver’s compartment → 1971 US sl.
► SINGER in trucking: a recapped tire → 1971 US sl.
► STACK in trucking: a smokestack from the truck engine → 1971 US sl.
► STRAIGHT JOB an ordinary truck as distinct from a semitrailer → 1940s US truckers’ sl.
► THIRTEENTH GEAR in trucking: neutral gear, used to coast down hills → 1971 US sl.
► WOBBLER in trucking: a spoke wheel → 1971 US sl.
► WOBBLY HOLE in trucking: the neutral gear → 1971 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► AVIATOR in trucking: a driver who drives very fast → 1971 US sl.
► BEAN HAULER a trucker who transports fruits and vegetables or dry food products → 1971 US trucking sl.
► BEAR BAIT a driver without a Citizens’ Band radio; hence, one likely to be caught speeding by police who set up a speed trap → 1980 Amer. truckers’ sl. (Bk.)
► BEDBUGGER the driver of a moving van or furniture van → 1990 US trucking sl.
► BEDBUG-HAULER the driver of a moving van or furniture van → 1971 US trucking sl.
► BEDSTEADER a sleepy truck driver → 1942 US trucking sl.
► CARDBOARD DRIVER in trucking: a new driver going through a trial period with a trucking company → 1971 US sl.
► COPPER-ARSE a driver who works long hours, esp. a trucker who breaks the law by driving more than eight hours in a day → 2002 (Bk.)
► COPPER-BOTTOM a driver who works long hours, esp. a trucker who breaks the law by driving more than eight hours in a day → 2002 (Bk.)
► DAY-AND-NIGHT MERCHANT a lorry driver who breaks the law by driving more than 11 hours in 24 to undercut other drivers → 1964 UK sl.
► GARBAGE HAULER a truck driver hauling fruit or vegetables → 1971 US sl.
► GATE JAW in trucking: a driver who monopolises conversation on the citizens’ band radio → 1976 US sl.
► GEAR JAMMER a truck driver who has a difficult time shifting gears, esp. one who is constantly clashing the gears as he shifts → 1929 US sl.
► GEORGIA NIGHT RIDER a trucker who drives at night in the hope of avoiding police → 1976 US sl.
► GIPSY ► GYPSY in trucking: an independent migratory trucker who owns and operates usually only a single tractor-trailer; hence, a truck so operated → 1946 Amer. sl.
► HACK HAND a commercial truck-driver → 1940s US sl.
► I-MAN in trucking: an investigator from the Interstate Commerce Commission → 1938 Amer. sl.
► SHEEPHERDER in trucking: a driver whose ability is questioned → 1969 Amer. sl.
► SPINNER a truck driver → 1940s US truckers’ sl.
► TEAMSTER the driver of a truck or lorry → 1907
► VAN DYKE a lesbian truck-driver → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► VAN GOGH a trucker operating with a citizens’ band radio → 1976 US sl.
► YARDBIRD in trucking: a terminal employee who moves trucks around the yard → 1971 US sl.

PHRASES
► WITHOUT EARS of a trucker: driving without a citizen’s band radio → 1976 US sl.

VERBS
► BACK ‘EM ON DOWN in trucking: to slow down → 1975 Amer. sl.
► DEADHEAD in trucking: to drive a return trip without a load → 1951 Amer. dial.
► DYNAMITE THE BRAKES ► DYNAMITE THE BREAKS in trucking: to make a sudden, emergency stop → 1951 US sl.
► HUMP in trucking: to drive fast → 1976 US sl.
► JACK UP in trucking: to wreck a truck or to make a sudden stop → 1963 US trucking sl.
► KICK in trucking: to shift gears → 1971 US sl.
► RAKE THE LEAVES to drive at the back of a group of trucks travelling on a motorway together, watching for police from the rear → 1976 US sl.
► SLOP THE HOGS in trucking: to fill a truck radiator with water → 1971 US sl.