noun
truck
Involvement with someone or something, usually denied or refused.
She will have no truck with dishonest business practices.
Etymology
The French verb concerns exchanging goods. Truck broadened from trade to dealings or involvement, especially in having no truck with someone.
More examples
- He wanted no truck with the proposed scheme.
- They refused to have any truck with the agitators.
- I have little truck with arguments based on rumor.
Forms
truck
Similar words
- dealings
- The usual word for interactions or involvement with others.
- association
- Broader contact without truck's usual negative phrasing.