truck driver
Big rig operator
A truck driver is a person who drives a truck professionally, typically hauling freight over short or long distances.
Long-haul truck drivers spend extended periods on the road, living out of their cabs: My uncle was a truck driver for thirty years.
The term covers everything from local delivery drivers to cross-country haulers.
Also called trucker.
Commercial driving license
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- 18-wheelerLarge articulated cargo truck
- semiLarge freight truck
tractor-trailer · cab · steering · shift · logbook · weigh station · sleeper cab · jake brake
Transported goods
- shipmentGoods being transported
- loadCarried weight or burden
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- haulageCommercial goods transport
pallets · containers · merchandise · goods · consignment · bulk · bill of lading · manifest
Citizens Band transceiver
- convoyGuarded traveling group
- breakerWave that collapses shoreward
- smokeyResembling burning fumes
- handlePart for gripping
country music · chrome · Peterbilt · Kenworth · rubber duck · 10-4 · keep on truckin
Between political regions
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- highwayMajor road for travel
- rest stopRoadside traveler facility
- dieselCompression-ignition fuel
overnight · route · convoy · mileage · turnpike · sleeper berth · hours of service · fuel stop
Manual laborers collectively
- unionJoining into one
- TeamstersTransportation workers' labor organization
- paycheckCompensation for labor
- shift workLabor in timed blocks
manual labor · boots · CB handle · roadside diner · per diem · layover · breakdown
CDL
Commercial driving license
- dispatcherOne who allocates resources
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- 18-wheelerLarge articulated cargo truck
semi · tractor-trailer · cab · steering · shift · logbook · weigh station · sleeper cab · jake brake · CB radio
cargo
Transported goods
haulage · pallets · containers · merchandise · goods · consignment · bulk · bill of lading · manifest · drayage
CB radio
Citizens Band transceiver
handle · country music · chrome · Peterbilt · Kenworth · rubber duck · 10-4 · keep on truckin
interstate
Between political regions
- cross-countryTraversing wide natural terrain
- highwayMajor road for travel
- rest stopRoadside traveler facility
diesel · overnight · route · convoy · mileage · turnpike · sleeper berth · hours of service · fuel stop · lot lizard
working class
Manual laborers collectively
- unionJoining into one
- TeamstersTransportation workers' labor organization
- paycheckCompensation for labor
shift work · manual labor · boots · CB handle · roadside diner · per diem · layover · breakdown
- jobsdoctor, administrator, lawyer, teacher, nurse
- workersworkers, employee, employees, laborer, laborers
- truckingsemi, 18-wheeler, trucks, big rig, tractor-trailer
- blue-collarblue collar, blue-collar, laborer, factory worker, construction worker
- essential workersdoctor, nurse, paramedic, EMT, firefighter
- transport workerscoachman, pilot, chauffeur, cabman, ferry operator
truck driverchauffeur
Professional hired driver
limousine driver · taxi driver · bus driver · pedestrian · school bus driver
truck driveroffice worker
Indoor professional employee
desk jockey · homebody · stay-at-home parent · receptionist · bank teller
truck drivercorporate executive
Senior company leader
lawyer · investment banker · software engineer · professor · doctor
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