Meanings
plural hand trucks · alternative handtruck
- CanadaUSAn L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move.
Synonyms: bag barrow, luggage barrow, sack barrow, sack truck, stack truck, trolley, hand trolley, dolly
- Synonym of pallet jack.
Synonyms: pallet jack
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move.
nounSynonym of pallet jack.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 手推車 /手推车, 老虎車 /老虎车
- 手推車 /手推车 (shǒutuīchē)box-moving handcart
- 老虎車 /老虎车 (lǎohǔchē)box-moving handcart
Czech rudl
- rudlbox-moving handcart
Danish sækkevogn
- sækkevognbox-moving handcart
Dutch steekwagen
- steekwagenbox-moving handcart
Finnish nokkakärry, pakettikärry
- nokkakärrybox-moving handcart
- pakettikärrybox-moving handcart
French diable
- diablebox-moving handcart
German Sackkarre, Sackrodel
- Sackkarrebox-moving handcart
- Sackrodelbox-moving handcart
Italian carrello
- carrellobox-moving handcart
Korean 손수레
- 손수레 (sonsure)box-moving handcart
Persian باربر
- باربر (bârbar)box-moving handcart
Polish młynarka, wózek transportowy
- młynarkabox-moving handcart
- wózek transportowybox-moving handcart
Portuguese carrinho de carga
- carrinho de cargabox-moving handcart
Russian ручна́я теле́жка
- ручна́я теле́жка (ručnája teléžka)box-moving handcart
Spanish diablito, troco
- diablitobox-moving handcart
- trocobox-moving handcart
- yeguabox-moving handcart
- carretilla de mano sin cajónbox-moving handcart
Swedish säckkärra, magasinkärra
- säckkärrabox-moving handcart
- magasinkärrabox-moving handcart
- paketkärrabox-moving handcart
- bagagekärrabox-moving handcart
- pirrabox-moving handcart
Turkish domuz arabası
- domuz arabasıbox-moving handcart
Cite this entry
hand truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20truck
“hand truck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20truck. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand truck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand%20truck.
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