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semitruck

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English

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ truck.

Noun

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semitruck (plural semitrucks)

  1. Alternative form of semi truck.
    • 2022, Percival Everett, Dr. No, Influx Press (2023), page 140:
      The drizzle became a hard rain and the semitrucks roared past me, kicking up a spray that blinded me.
    • 2024 May 1, Shaul Turner, “‘Nothing left’ of runaway semitruck after fire on I-70”, in KDVR[1], archived from the original on 27 August 2024:
      Drivers traveling along westbound Interstate 70 on Tuesday saw a perilous scene when a semitruck was destroyed by flames on a runaway ramp.