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brake checking

brake checking is the present participle and gerund of brake check.

Meaning of brake check

Verb

brake check (third-person singular simple present brake checks, present participle brake checking, simple past and past participle brake checked)

  1. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind.
    • The CHP said it’s seeing an increase in reports of people being more aggressive on the road. “If somebody honks, they’ll honk back. If somebody cuts them off, they will brake check and they will go back and forth,” said Officer Ceja.2020, Renée Santos, “Caught On Camera: Driver ‘Brake Checks’ Vehicle, Causing Driver To Lose Control On Highway 50”, in CBS Sacramento
    Synonyms:
    brake test

Questions about brake checking

What is brake checking the present participle and gerund of?
Brake checking is the present participle and gerund of brake check.

Words near brake checking in the dictionary

  1. brake biases
  2. brake block
  3. brake blocks
  4. brake check
  5. brake checked
  6. brake checking
  7. brake checks
  8. brake disc
  9. brake discs
  10. brake disk
  11. brake disks

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