monster truck

noun

A large truck designed specifically to perform in monster truck shows, typically based on a lifted pickup truck with oversized wheels and modified suspension.

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Meanings

nounmonster truck (plural monster trucks)

plural monster trucks

  1. A large truck designed specifically to perform in monster truck shows, typically based on a lifted pickup truck with oversized wheels and modified suspension.

Origin

Literally, monster (“very large”) + truck (“motor vehicle”). Reportedly coined by Bob George, an owner of a motorsports promotion company, in the early 1980s, when referring to a popularly oversized truck named Bigfoot. Through semantic generalization, it came to refer to any of these oversized trucks.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 怪獸卡車 /怪兽卡车, 大腳車 /大脚车
  • 怪獸卡車 /怪兽卡车 (guàishòu kǎchē)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
  • 大腳車 /大脚车 (dàjiǎochē)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Finnish monsteriauto
  • monsteriautotruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
French monster truck, camion monstre
  • monster trucktruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
  • camion monstretruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
German Monstertruck
  • Monstertrucktruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Greek τερατοφορτηγό, μόνστερτρακ
  • τερατοφορτηγό (teratofortigó)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
  • μόνστερτρακ (mónstertrak)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
  • μάνστερτρακ (mánstertrak)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
  • φορτηγό τέρατος (fortigó tératos)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Japanese モンスタートラック
  • モンスタートラック (monsutātorakku)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Korean 몬스터 트럭
  • 몬스터 트럭 (monseuteo teureok)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Polish monster truck
  • monster trucktruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Portuguese caminhão-monstro, bigfoot
  • caminhão-monstrotruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
  • bigfoottruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Russian монстр-тра́к
  • монстр-тра́к (monstr-trák)truck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Spanish camión monstruo
  • camión monstruotruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Swedish monstertruck
  • monstertrucktruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Welsh cawrgar
  • cawrgartruck designed to perform in monster truck shows
Cite this entry
APA

monster truck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monster%20truck

MLA

“monster truck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monster%20truck. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “monster truck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/monster%20truck.

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