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1 : the act or practice of carrying on trade by bartering : BARTER

2 : small goods or merchandise; especially : vegetables grown for market

3 : DEALINGS

Synonyms

barter, commutation, exchange, swap, trade—more at EXCHANGE

3truck noun 1 : a wheeled vehicle (as a strong heavy automobile) designed for carrying heavy articles or hauling a trailer

2 : a swiveling frame with springs and one or more pairs of wheels used to carry and guide one end of a locomotive or railroad car

4truck verb 1 : to transport on a truck

2 : to be employed in driving a truck

— truck·er noun

truck farm noun : a farm growing vegetables for market

— truck farmer noun

truck·le verb truck·led; truck·ling : to yield slavishly to the will of another : SUBMIT

truc·u·lence noun : the quality or state of being truculent

— truc·u·len·cy noun

Synonyms

aggression, aggressiveness, belligerence, fight, militancy, pugnacity—more at BELLIGERENCE

truc·u·lent adjective 1 : feeling or showing ferocity : SAVAGE

2 : aggressively self-assertive : PUGNACIOUS

— truc·u·lent·ly adverb

Synonyms

aggressive, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, disputatious, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, warlike—more at BELLIGERENT

trudge verb trudged; trudg·ing : to walk or march steadily and usu. laboriously

1true adjective tru·er; tru·est 1 : faithful in allegiance

2 : free from fraud or deception

3 : agreeing with facts or reality

4 : CONSISTENT <~ to expectations>

5 : properly so called <~ love>

6 : RIGHTFUL <~ and lawful king>

7 : conformable to a standard or pattern; also : placed or formed accurately

Synonyms

[1] constant, devoted, faithful, fast, good, loyal, pious, staunch, steadfast, steady, true-blue—more at FAITHFUL

[3] actual, concrete, existent, factual, real, very—more at ACTUAL

[5] authentic, bona fide, genuine, real, right—more at AUTHENTIC

[7] accurate, correct, exact, precise, proper, right, so—more at CORRECT

2true adverb 1 : TRUTHFULLY

2 : ACCURATELY ; also : without variation from type

3true noun 1 : TRUTH, REALITY — usu. used with the

2 : the state of being accurate (as in alignment)

4true verb trued; true·ing also tru·ing : to bring or restore to a desired precision

true–blue adjective : marked by unswerving loyalty

Synonyms

constant, devoted, faithful, fast, good, loyal, pious, staunch, steadfast, steady, true—more at FAITHFUL

true bug noun : BUG 2

true·heart·ed adjective : FAITHFUL, LOYAL

truf·fle noun 1 : the dark or light edible spore-bearing organ of any of several European fungi that grow underground; also : one of these fungi

2 : a candy made of chocolate, butter, and sugar shaped into balls and coated with cocoa

tru·ism noun : an undoubted or self-evident truth

tru·ly adverb 1 : in all sincerity

2 : in agreement with fact

3 : ACCURATELY

4 : in a proper or suitable manner

5 : without any question : INDEED

Synonyms

[2] actually, forsooth, frankly, honestly, really, truthfully, verily—more at ACTUALLY

[5] certainly, definitely, doubtless, forsooth, incontestably, indeed, indisputably, really, surely, undeniably, undoubtedly, unquestionably—more at INDEED

1trump noun : TRUMPET

2trump noun : a card of a designated suit any of whose cards will win over a card that is not of this suit; also : the suit itself — often used in pl.

3trump verb : to take with a trump

trumped–up adjective : fraudulently concocted : SPURIOUS

trum·pery noun 1 : NONSENSE

2 : trivial articles : JUNK

1trumpet noun 1 : a wind instrument consisting of a long curved metal tube flaring at one end and with a cup-shaped mouthpiece at the other

2 : something that resembles a trumpet or its tonal quality

3 : a funnel-shaped instrument for collecting, directing, or intensifying sound

2trumpet verb 1 : to blow a trumpet

2 : to proclaim on or as if on a trumpet

— trum·pet·er noun

Synonyms

ballyhoo, crack up, glorify,

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