Entries in the Category Automobiles & Transportation
Automotive, automobiles, cars, racing, motorcycles, trains, railways, bicycles, wheels, rails, tires, air travel, bikes, etc. See also the Aviation category. You can also see citations assigned to this category.
alligator n. a piece of a rubber automobile tire (along a roadside). (posted Dec. 30, 2005) [full entry…]
Arizona pinstriping n. scratches to an automobile’s exterior caused by bushes, brush, or branches. Also Arizona pinstripes, usually plural. (posted Dec. 14, 2006) [full entry…]
bakkie n. a small pick-up truck or van. (posted Jun. 10, 2004) [full entry…]
bomber n. an old, dilapidated automobile; (hence) a class of such automobiles used with few or no modifications in stock car racing. (posted Apr. 6, 2005) [full entry…]
chatter bump n. a small depression in a roadbed, usually occurring in series and creating a corrugated or rippled surface. (posted Feb. 20, 2006) [full entry…]
cheese cutter n. especially among motorcyclists, a roadway guard rail made of cable, rope, or high-tension wire. (posted Jun. 16, 2005) [full entry…]
chevrolegs n.pl. a jocular reference to one’s legs, particularly by comparison to an automobile. (posted Nov. 17, 2004) [full entry…]
chicane n. a barricaded, tightly curved, or zig-zagged roadway that forces traffic to slow while still permitting it to pass; the series of structures which form such a roadway. (posted May. 25, 2004) [full entry…]
circus parking n. the arrangement of trucks, trailers, and other vehicles on location at a film shoot. (posted Mar. 30, 2007) [full entry…]
couch rocket n. a large, luxurious motorcycle, typically ridden by an older rider. (posted Apr. 6, 2006) [full entry…]
dead man’s switch n. especially in railroad usage, a safety device meant to stop or slow a vehicle or machine if its operator releases the controls. Also dead man’s handle, dead man’s brake, dead man’s lever, dead man’s pedal. (posted Jul. 5, 2007) [full entry…]
dipping n. rocking or bouncing a vehicle by alternately hitting the gas and brakes or by quickly adjusting a hydraulic suspension. (posted Feb. 8, 2005) [full entry…]
dollar van n. In New York City and Long Island, privately owned multi-passenger vehicles that operate along regular routes. (posted Feb. 9, 2005) [full entry…]
drive-off n. the act of departing a gas station without paying for automobile fuel; a person who does so. (posted Sep. 29, 2005) [full entry…]
Driving While Teen n. an offense said to be committed by teenaged automobile drivers who are pulled over by police for (ostensibly) no reason at all. (posted Feb. 16, 2005) [full entry…]
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