artic
/ˈɑːtɪk
/noun British informal
An articulated lorry.He estimated that in the region of 150 ‘super tractors, cement lorries, artics, ridge lorries and small building contractors,’ were using the roadway on a daily basis....
- Once you get in there you forget you're sitting in the back of an artic lorry.
- Passing artics is fine and I felt less vulnerable than I possibly might in something akin to a Caterham.
Origin
1950s: abbreviation.