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rolled coal

rolled coal is the simple past and past participle of roll coal.

Meaning of roll coal

Verb

roll coal (third-person singular simple present rolls coal, present participle rolling coal, simple past and past participle rolled coal)

  1. (US, slang) To emit sooty exhaust fumes from a modified (diesel) engine (fad among anti-environmentalist American truck drivers).
    • “Why don’t you go live in Sweden and get the heck out of our country,” Mr. Blue wrote.” I will continue to roll coal anytime I feel like and fog your stupid eco-cars.”2016 September 4, Hiroko Tabuchi, “‘Rolling Coal’ in Diesel Trucks, to Rebel and Provoke”, in The New York Times

Questions about rolled coal

What is rolled coal the simple past and past participle of?
Rolled coal is the simple past and past participle of roll coal.

Words near rolled coal in the dictionary

  1. rolled about
  2. rolled around
  3. rolled away
  4. rolled back
  5. rolled back the years
  6. rolled coal
  7. rolled deep
  8. rolled down
  9. rolled fillet
  10. rolled fillets
  11. rolled gold

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