tyre kicker
tyre kicker noun: a person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.
Noun
tyre kicker (plural tyre kickers)
- A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.
- "Some exhibitions charge a ticket price to separate the tyre-kickers from the genuine buyers," Doherty says.2008, Business Review Weekly, volume 30, numbers 9-12, page 37
- If you want get ^([sic]) an agent excited, give him or her a listing in the "best house to sell" category. All agents love that — and why wouldn't they? The product is ready for the market, and the only challenge will be negotiating a good price and sorting serious buyers from the tyre kickers!2011, Andrew Winter, No-Nonsense Guide to Buying and Selling Property
- Synonyms:
- looker
Synonyms of tyre kicker
Forms of tyre kicker
| plural | tyre kickers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tire kicker |
Origin of tyre kicker
From the act of kicking the tyres of a car as part of the inspection.
Questions about tyre kicker
- What does tyre kicker mean?
- Tyre kicker means a person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.
- What part of speech is tyre kicker?
- Tyre kicker is a noun.
- What is the plural of tyre kicker?
- The plural of tyre kicker is tyre kickers.
Words near tyre kicker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tyre kicker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-au-tyre kicker.ogg.
Cite this entry: “tyre kicker.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tyre_kicker. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.