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bears in the air

bears in the air is the plural of bear in the air.

Meaning of bear in the air

Noun

bear in the air (plural bears in the air)

  1. (slang, CB radio) A police helicopter.
    • By the time we got into Tulsa Town
      We had eighty-five trucks in all
      But there's a roadblock up on the cloverleaf
      And them bears was wall-to-wall.
      Yeah, them smokies is thick as bugs on a bumper
      They even had a bear in the air.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall

Questions about bears in the air

What is bears in the air the plural of?
Bears in the air is the plural of bear in the air.

Words near bears in the air in the dictionary

  1. bears down on
  2. bears fruit
  3. bears in
  4. bears in mind
  5. bears in on
  6. bears in the air
  7. bears in upon
  8. bears in with
  9. Bears Lagoon
  10. bears off
  11. bears off from

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