Definitions

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  • adjective Northern England Cheating.

Etymologies

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From truck (“to cheat, deceive”) +‎ -y.

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Examples

  • "An improvement over the original, with better and much smoother power delivery and a less 'trucky' ride."

    From the logbook: Explorer Sport Trac 2006

  • "An improvement over the original, with better and much smoother power delivery and a less 'trucky' ride."

    From the logbook: Explorer Sport Trac 2006

  • Climb in and the high hip point and extra room gives the Unlimited a "trucky" feel and lofty vantage point, especially accented by a six-speed shifter that shakes with side-to-side, knee-thumping potential, vibrating like a junkie in rehab.

    MISSISSAUGA - Home 2010

  • The juxtaposition of the corn and the "trucky" nuggets adds further to the nauseating metonymy of the fall of this great nation.

    WordPress.com News PutUpYourDukes 2008

  • “I just wonder how many of the target buyers can swing the note on this right now …” “Nice size gives practicality and enough room without being trucky and balky.”

    From the Logbook: Audi Q5 2009

  • “I just wonder how many of the target buyers can swing the note on this right now…” “Nice size gives practicality and enough room without being trucky and balky.”

    From the Logbook: Audi Q5 2009

  • It's trucky, and even now only a handful of Thai surgeons use it.

    Archive 2007-07-01 Zoe Brain 2007

  • It's trucky, and even now only a handful of Thai surgeons use it.

    Don't Do It Unless You Have To Zoe Brain 2007

  • But to the naysayers who can't make any sense of why the Explorer is even around today, next to two other good utility vehicles, Lindland says that it's simply a matter off looking at attributes-including what sounds like a better four-wheel-drive system than the old, trucky

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Placated by a commanding view of the road and the illusion that heft begets safety, the public accepted the vehicles 'trucky ride and handling; few if any SUVs actually lived up to the "sport" part of the acronym.

    Car and Driver Blog Jon Yanca 2010

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