Cybertruck

Cy·ber·truck
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UK/ˈsaɪ.bəˌtɹʌk/US/ˈsaɪ.bɚˌtɹʌk/

noun

A battery electric pickup truck manufactured by Tesla.

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounCybertruck (plural Cybertrucks)

plural Cybertrucks

  1. A battery electric pickup truck manufactured by Tesla.

    Tesla is recalling roughly 27,000 Cybertrucks because of a rearview camera issue that delays the image being displayed on the dashboard, increasing the risk of a crash.

    2024 October 3, Jordan Valinsky, “Tesla recalls 27,000 Cybertrucks due to a rearview camera issue”, in CNN
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    The company originally said the Cybertruck would cost less than $40,000, but a pandemic and an ensuing period of high inflation forced the company to move away from that promise.

    2023 November 30, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Tesla’s Cybertruck hits the market with a higher price tag and plenty of challenges”, in CNN

    The fellow soldier, who had kept in touch with Livelsberger since their deployment, said he didn’t know whether the explosion of the Cybertruck was in any way inspired by the kind of attacks so common a feature of the unit’s mission.

    2025 January 2, Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Haley Britzky, Daniel Medina, John Miller and Natasha Bertrand, “What we know about the driver who exploded a Cybertruck in Las Vegas”, in CNN

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*drem-influ.
  7. Ancient Greekτρέχω (trékhō)
  8. Ancient Greekτροχῐ́λος (trokhĭ́los)
  9. Ancient Greekτροχῐλείᾱ (trokhĭleíā)
  10. Medieval Latintrochlea
  11. Anglo-Normantrocle
  12. Middle Englishtrokel
  13. Englishtruckle?
  14. Englishtruck
  15. EnglishCybertruck

Ellipsis of Tesla Cybertruck, from cyber- + truck.

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APA

Cybertruck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cybertruck

MLA

“Cybertruck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cybertruck. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cybertruck,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cybertruck.

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