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burnt rubber

burnt 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 burnt rubber

What is burnt rubber the simple past and past participle of?
Burnt rubber is the simple past and past participle of burn rubber.

Words near burnt rubber in the dictionary

  1. burnt oranges
  2. burnt out
  3. burnt pavement
  4. Burnt Pine
  5. Burnt Ranch
  6. burnt rubber
  7. burnt run
  8. burnt sienna
  9. burnt siennas
  10. burnt someone at the stake
  11. burnt someone's ass

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