Meanings
milk truck1
plural milk trucks
- UStransportAny of several types of truck used for road transportation of liquid fresh milk; usually, a tanker truck for bulk transport; formerly often a stakebody truck to pick up milk churns (milk cans); sometimes a truck to deliver milk bottles for home delivery.
milk truck2
plural milk trucks
- figurativelyslangvideo gamesAn unarmored or lightly protected truck-like vehicle, sensitive (fragile, exposed) to damage.
You need to protect me: I am only a milk truck.
3 more examples
I see a column driving without armor support, only milk trucks.
It's only a milk truck, don't waste ammunition for the main gun.
No milk trucks were harmed during the making of this video.
Origin
milk truck · noun
Figuratively from the vehicle. Popularized through the video game War Thunder, which features many unprotected or lightly armored truck-like vehicles to play, like the soviet GAZ-MM and Sd.Kfz. 6/2, both visually similar to old milk trucks, but also sensitive to damage, like trucks loaded with glass milk bottles. Coined as early as 2014 when the game added playable ground vehicles, including said trucks, possibly coined by the content creator PhlyDaily.
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milk truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/milk%20truck
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