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2 VERB If a pupil truants , he or she stays away from school without permission. □ [V ] In his fourth year he was truanting regularly. ●  tru|ant|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  Truanting is a small but growing problem in primary schools.

3 PHRASE If a pupil plays truant , he or she stays away from school without permission. □ [+ from ] She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.

truce /truː s/ (truces ) N‑COUNT A truce is an agreement between two people or groups of people to stop fighting or quarrelling for a short time. □ [+ between ] The fighting of recent days has given way to an uneasy truce between the two sides. □  Let's call a truce.

truck ◆◇◇ /trʌ k/ (trucks , trucking , trucked )

1 N‑COUNT A truck is a large vehicle that is used to transport goods by road. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, usually use lorry 2 N‑COUNT A truck is an open vehicle used for carrying goods on a railway. [BRIT ] □  They were loaded on the railway trucks to go to Liverpool. in AM, use freight car 3 VERB [usu passive] When something or someone is trucked somewhere, they are driven there in a lorry. [mainly AM ] □ [be V -ed prep/adv] The liquor was sold legally and trucked out of the state.

4 PHRASE If you say that you will have no truck with someone or something, you are refusing to be involved with them in any way. □  He would have no truck with deceit.

truck|er /trʌ kə ^r / (truckers ) N‑COUNT A trucker is someone who drives a truck as their job. [mainly AM ] in BRIT, use lorry driver

truck|ing /trʌ k I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT [usu N n] Trucking is the activity of transporting goods from one place to another using trucks. [mainly AM ] □  …the deregulation of the trucking industry. in BRIT, use haulage

truck|load /trʌ kloʊd/ (truckloads ) also truck load N‑COUNT A truckload of goods or people is the amount of them that a truck can carry. □ [+ of ] Truckloads of food, blankets, and other necessities reached the city.

tru ck stop (truck stops ) N‑COUNT A truck stop is a place where drivers, especially truck or lorry drivers, can stop, for example to rest or to get something to eat. [mainly AM ]

trucu|lent /trʌ kjʊlənt/ ADJ If you say that someone is truculent , you mean that they are bad-tempered and aggressive. ●  trucu|lence /trʌ kjʊləns/ N‑UNCOUNT □  'Your secretary said you'd be wanting a cleaner,' she announced with her usual truculence.

trudge /trʌ dʒ/ (trudges , trudging , trudged ) VERB If you trudge somewhere, you walk there slowly and with heavy steps, especially because you are tired or unhappy. □ [V prep/adv] We had to trudge up the track back to the station. ● N‑SING Trudge is also a noun. □  We were reluctant to start the long trudge home.

true ◆◆◇ /truː / (truer , truest )

1 ADJ If something is true , it is based on facts rather than being invented or imagined, and is accurate and reliable. □  Everything I had heard about him was true. □  The play follows the true story of the couple whose daughter has an extreme form of Asperger's syndrome.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] You use true to emphasize that a person or thing is sincere or genuine, often in contrast to something that is pretended or hidden. [EMPHASIS ] □  I allowed myself to acknowledge my true feelings. □  The true cost often differs from that which had first been projected.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] If you use true to describe something or someone, you approve of them because they have all the characteristics or qualities that such a person or thing typically has. [APPROVAL ] □  Maybe one day you'll find true love. □  The ability to work collaboratively is a true test of leadership. □  I think he's a true genius.