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rat rod

rat rod noun: a style of hot rod or custom car that imitates or exaggerates the hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It is distinct from the "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era.

Noun

rat rod (plural rat rods)

  1. A style of hot rod or custom car that imitates or exaggerates the hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It is distinct from the "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era.

Forms of rat rod

pluralrat rods

Questions about rat rod

What does rat rod mean?
Rat rod means a style of hot rod or custom car that imitates or exaggerates the hot rods of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. It is distinct from the "traditional" hot rod, which is an accurate re-creation or period-correct restoration of a hot rod from the same era.
What part of speech is rat rod?
Rat rod is a noun.
What is the plural of rat rod?
The plural of rat rod is rat rods.

Words near rat rod in the dictionary

  1. rat race
  2. rat racer
  3. rat racers
  4. rat races
  5. rat ran
  6. rat rod
  7. rat rods
  8. rat run
  9. rat runner
  10. rat runners
  11. rat running

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