dump truck
noun
: an automotive truck for the transportation of bulk material that has a body which tilts to dump its contents
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Dauberman said a front-end loader had to be used to scoop up the piles of hot dogs on the road and drop them into a dump truck in order to clear the highway.
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
More than 500 ComEd customers in the Lake Bluff area faced a power outage Wednesday afternoon after the driver of a dump truck knocked down several live utility lines on Route 176, authorities said.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Seven dump trucks hauled 92 tons of mud and silt from Loveland Pass, which was buried Sunday by a 100-foot-wide and 20-foot-deep landslide, according to a news release from the department.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
But Eller’s isolation was obliterated last June when dozens of big dump trucks began snaking up the dirt road behind his house and discarding their loads into the nearby dry river canyon.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
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Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 2 Aug. 2025
More than 500 ComEd customers in the Lake Bluff area faced a power outage Wednesday afternoon after the driver of a dump truck knocked down several live utility lines on Route 176, authorities said.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 24 July 2025
Seven dump trucks hauled 92 tons of mud and silt from Loveland Pass, which was buried Sunday by a 100-foot-wide and 20-foot-deep landslide, according to a news release from the department.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 18 June 2025
But Eller’s isolation was obliterated last June when dozens of big dump trucks began snaking up the dirt road behind his house and discarding their loads into the nearby dry river canyon.
—Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
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“Dump truck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dump%20truck. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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