"truckie" meaning in All languages combined

See truckie on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-truckie.ogg Forms: truckies [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌki Etymology: From truck + -ie. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|truck|ie}} truck + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} truckie (plural truckies)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) A truck driver. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Synonyms (truck driver): trucker [Canada, US]
    Sense id: en-truckie-en-noun-Tm6vRc~o Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'truck driver': 87 13
  2. (firefighting, slang) A firefighter who works from a fire truck. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-truckie-en-noun-Wk8m4eBx Categories (other): Firefighting, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Topics: firefighting, government

Inflected forms

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