minitruck

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noun

A compact pickup truck designed for light duty.

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Meanings

nounminitruck (plural minitrucks)

plural minitrucks

  1. USA compact pickup truck designed for light duty.

    Recent attempts to market practical part-time pickups in the United States — the Subaru Baja, for instance — and earlier minitruck efforts like the Rabbit-based Volkswagen Pickup and the Omni-based Dodge Rampage never fired buyers’ imagination.

    2008 June 29, Paul Duchene, “Part-Time Pickups Back From the Outback”, in New York Times

Origin

From mini- + truck.

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APA

minitruck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minitruck

MLA

“minitruck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minitruck. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minitruck,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minitruck.

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