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I rode it once, which was up the driveway in the opening credits of the show. I didn't know how to stop it. I actually nearly killed the director of photography, and I smashed into the sound truck.
Henry Winkler

Meaning of "sound truck" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOUND TRUCK

sound truck play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOUND TRUCK

noun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sound truck is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOUND TRUCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sound truck

Sound truck

A sound truck is a vehicle equipped with loudspeakers, typically used to play loud political or commercial messages, but are also used in evacuations. The use of sound trucks for advertising is illegal in many jurisdictions. It is legal in Portugal and usually used during election campaigns by political parties. It is also legal in Japan. For the legal situation in the United States see Saia v. New York and Kovacs v. Cooper. In Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, the level of the sound cannot exceed 65 decibels.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOUND TRUCK

sound engineer
sound file
sound head
sound hole
sound law
sound library
sound line
sound mixer
Sound of Mull
sound off
sound out
sound pollution
sound ranging
sound recordist
sound shift
sound spectrogram
sound spectrograph
sound stage
sound system
sound wave

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOUND TRUCK

awestruck
dumbstruck
dump truck
dumper truck
fire truck
fork-lift truck
garbage truck
Innsbruck
lovestruck
milk truck
monster truck
panel truck
pick-up truck
starstruck
struck
tank truck
taxi truck
thunderstruck
tow truck
towing-truck
truck

Synonyms and antonyms of sound truck in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «sound truck» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOUND TRUCK

Find out the translation of sound truck to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sound truck from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sound truck» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

音效卡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

camión de sonido
570 millions of speakers

English

sound truck
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ध्वनि ट्रक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شاحنة سليمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

звук грузовик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carro de som
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দ ট্রাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

camion sonore
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Trak bunyi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lautsprecherwagen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

宣伝カー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사운드 트럭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trek swara
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xe tải âm thanh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒலி டிரக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ध्वनी ट्रक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Sesli kamyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

camion suono
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ciężarówka dźwięku
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

звук вантажівка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

camion de sunet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ήχο φορτηγό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klank vragmotor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ljud lastbil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lyd lastebil
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUND TRUCK»

The term «sound truck» is regularly used and occupies the 96.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOUND TRUCK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sound truck

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QUOTES WITH «SOUND TRUCK»

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Henry Winkler
I rode it once, which was up the driveway in the opening credits of the show. I didn't know how to stop it. I actually nearly killed the director of photography, and I smashed into the sound truck.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOUND TRUCK»

Discover the use of sound truck in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sound truck and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sound, Space and Sociality in Contemporary Japan
The sound truck is used as a tool both in parades and for street oratory. Each form of activism engenders a particular relational habitus. Sound truck parades make denunciation public and performative. Although clearly visible and audible, the ...
Joseph D. Hankins, Carolyn S. Stevens, 2013
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The Brazilian Sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, and the Popular ...
... of celebrants, dancing and leaping deliriously. By the 1970s, many Bahian blocos had begun to contract trios eletricos to provide the music for their parades. Some used heavy rope to cordon off a zone of protection around each sound truck.
Chris McGowan, Ricardo Pessanha, 1998
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Catalog of National Bureau of Standards Publications, ...
Truck tire; Directivity; Noise source level; Sound pressure level; 13808. SP305-6. Truck tires; Acoustics; Military vehicles; Noise; Sound; Tire noise; 14875. SP305- 7. Trucks; Acoustics; Noise measurement; Noise (sound); Truck noise (exterior); ...
United States. National Bureau of Standards, Betty L. Burris, Rebecca J. Morehouse, 1978
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Blues Before Sunrise: The Radio Interviews
You know what a sound truck is? A vehicle that you use, you put signs on it and you use it to sell people's merchandise and whatnot and go up and down the street. Half the time you're ducking the police, 'cause they wanna either shake you ...
‎2010
5
Popular Science
The average cost of a completely appointed sound truck is $25,000. An idea of the investment made by the news movie companies when sound reels became the fashion may be gained from the fact that the Fox-Hearst organization alone at  ...
6
Mr. Bernds Goes to Hollywood: My Early Life and Career in ...
Many moves, lots of excitement—chases, skids—my hunch to move sound truck. Packard hits camera!” In our story, Raft, doubled by Jack Long, a stunt driver, throws a wrench through the windshield of a police car, inducing the outraged cop ...
Edward Bernds, 1999
7
A Train on the Track: Learning the TR Sound
Continue with tack - rack - track • Pronounce the following words, having the child write t, r, or tr according to the beginning sound: truck, rat, train, town, trade, take, red, tree. List tr words and have the child underline the tr in each one. Phonics ...
Sarah Sheffield, 2001
8
In the Studio with Michael Jackson
We were filming one of the main musical numbers for The Wiz, "The "Poppy Girls, " on 8th Avenue, when a couple of drunks moved in under my sound truck. It was quite cold, I think it was November, and the two winos lit a fire, under the sound ...
Bruce Swedien, Michael Jackson, 2009
9
Noise Wars: Compulsory Media and Our Loss of Autonomy
The moving picture screen, the radio, the newspaper, the handbill, the sound truck and the street corner orator have differing natures, values, abuses and dangers. Each, in my view, is a law unto itself, and all we are dealing with now is the ...
Robert Freedman, 2009
10
We the People: Your Constitution in Action
The speaker's use of a sound truck interfered with the school's duty to educate and the students' right to learn. • The speaker's use of a sound truck interfered with private residents' peaceful enjoyment of their homes and privacy. The residents ...
Pamela Marx, 2001

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOUND TRUCK»

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At NYC hearing, residents blast Cross Sound truck freight plan
Several North Fork residents last week trekked into New York City Wednesday to publicly criticize a proposal to add 3,000 more freight trucks to local roads by ... «Suffolk Times, Mar 15»
2
Charges laid in fatal Parry Sound truck crash
A 61-year-old woman has been charged with careless driving following a fatal collision between a truck and three pedestrians in Parry Sound. A woman and her ... «CBC.ca, Oct 13»
3
Rhythm and Vines sound truck crashes
The 16-wheeler truck was carrying audio and sound equipment for the Rhythm and Vines music festival in Gisborne when it plunged over the 100m-high cliff. «Stuff.co.nz, Dec 12»
4
Puget Sound Truck Lines acquired by Haney
Puget Sound Truck Lines and Nickel Plate Express Inc. have been bought by Haney Truck Line LLC for an undisclosed sum. Puget Sound Truck Lines is based ... «Bizjournals.com, Oct 09»

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