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pit maneuver

pit maneuver  n.— «When the driver of the car refused to pull over on SR-434 and Ronald Reagan Boulevard in Longwood, a Seminole County deputy decided to move in with the precision immobilization technique called a pit maneuver...

revinning

revinning  n.— «They expect to lay 184 charges against 14 people in Barrie and Angus, Ont., who allegedly stole the vehicle identity numbers (VINs) of foreign vehicles to hide the stolen origins of the cars they sold. That process is...

digital chalking

digital chalking  n.— «During a recent trial run, a city employee drove the Ford Explorer. Scanning parked cars and trucks, a method known as “digital chalking,” the cameras routed information to a computer. The next time the city vehicle...

snatch vehicle

snatch vehicle  n.— «It appears a roadside bomb was used to attack the convoy. They were in a snatch vehicle. They have been designed to protect the crew against a certain threat and on occasion they have been defeated.» —“British...

gravity bike

gravity bike  n.— «Kevin Martin, a 20-year-old Milpitas man, was killed Saturday near Santa Cruz, after he allegedly lost control of a bicycle with no pedals while riding downhill, and hit a sport utility vehicle.…The fatal crash...

Hummer house

Hummer house n. an overly large single-family residence. Editorial Note: Synonyms are starter castle, faux chateau, and McMansion. Etymological Note: From the Hummer, a large fuel-inefficient sports utility vehicle often seen or used as a symbol of...

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