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rolling coal

rolling coal is the present participle and gerund 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 rolling coal

What is rolling coal the present participle and gerund of?
Rolling coal is the present participle and gerund of roll coal.

Words near rolling coal in the dictionary

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  3. rolling calves
  4. rolling chair
  5. rolling chairs
  6. rolling coal
  7. rolling contact
  8. rolling contacts
  9. rolling deep
  10. rolling demo
  11. rolling demos

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