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burned rubber

burned rubber is the simple past and past participle of burn rubber.

Meaning of burn rubber

Verb

burn rubber (third-person singular simple present burns rubber, present participle burning rubber, simple past and past participle burned rubber or burnt rubber)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
    • “We’re rammed to the gills with foreigners doing mad shit. You can’t do this to Irish people. I’m getting out of this country, I’m burning rubber. It’s not safe to walk around here.”2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To move quickly; to go or leave quickly.

Questions about burned rubber

What is burned rubber the simple past and past participle of?
Burned rubber is the simple past and past participle of burn rubber.

Words near burned rubber in the dictionary

  1. burned one's bridges
  2. burned one's fingers
  3. burned one's toast
  4. burned out
  5. burned pavement
  6. burned rubber
  7. burned someone at the stake
  8. burned someone's ass
  9. burned someone's ears
  10. burned that bridge when one came to it
  11. burned the candle at both ends

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