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roof riding

roof riding noun: riding illegally on the roof of a train (or car, bus, etc) for the thrills.

Noun

roof riding (uncountable)

  1. Riding illegally on the roof of a train (or car, bus, etc) for the thrills.
    • Roof-riding is now only possible on local buses between outlying villages.2007, Lonely Planet Publication, India: A Travel Survival Kit
  2. Sliding down the roof for fun.
    • Their favorite activity was roof riding, climbing the house's many steep gables.2008, Elizabeth Hickey, The Wayward Muse: A Novel

Questions about roof riding

What does roof riding mean?
Roof riding means riding illegally on the roof of a train (or car, bus, etc) for the thrills.
What part of speech is roof riding?
Roof riding is a noun.

Words near roof riding in the dictionary

  1. roof racks
  2. roof rake
  3. roof rakes
  4. roof rat
  5. roof rats
  6. roof riding
  7. roof square
  8. roof squares
  9. roof tax
  10. roof taxes
  11. roof tile

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