eighteen-wheeler

[ ey-teen-hwee-ler, -wee- ]

noun

1. a large tractor-trailer, usually having ten wheels on the cab and eight on the trailer.

Example Sentences

“Like I got hit by an eighteen-wheeler and my limbs were turned into jelly.”

From Literature

An eighteen-wheeler drives past, and that seems to be the only vehicle in either direction.

From Literature

In the dead of night last April, state drug agents in Oklahoma intercepted an eighteen-wheeler rumbling east toward the Arkansas border smuggling 7,000 pounds of marijuana hidden in security camera boxes.

From Seattle Times

If his second trip to Climate Pledge Arena is as showstopping as his 2022 concert, when he converted an eighteen-wheeler into a stage, it’s likely to be one of the biggest parties of the year.

From Seattle Times

Upon her return, Ms. Russell told investigators that she had been forced into a car and then into an eighteen-wheeler before she escaped, only to be abducted again and put in a car, the police said.

From New York Times