cherry-picker

NOUN

truck with raisable boom

Synonyms

WEAK

boom cable truck telephone truck utility truck

Example Sentences

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I read a story that called them geniuses for wearing high-visibility vests during the break-in, allowing them to pull up their little cherry picker alongside one of the most famous buildings in the world without attracting attention.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over the course of only seven minutes, three or four individuals used a cherry picker from a nearby renovation site to reach a window of the Galerie d’Apollon, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on French radio.

From The Wall Street Journal

Sharon and Jack also boarded a cherry picker to see the mural from above.

From BBC

However, the artist failed to get the consent of the building's residents, who are objecting to the content of the piece, before arriving in a cherry picker to paint it on Thursday.

From BBC

A bucket truck, also known as a cherry picker, is a vehicle equipped with a hydraulic lift system and an extendable arm that ends in a bucket where a person can stand.

From Los Angeles Times