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underriding

underriding is the present participle of underride.

Meaning of underride

Verb

underride (third-person singular simple present underrides, present participle underriding, simple past underrode, past participle underridden)

  1. The action of a vehicle sliding under another in the context of an accident.
    • Also needed, they said, is better design to prevent fuel-tank rupture and to prevent low vehicles from underriding trucks and buses.1968, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Implementation of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966: Hearing, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, to Review the...

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Questions about underriding

What is underriding the present participle of?
Underriding is the present participle of underride.

Words near underriding in the dictionary

  1. underresuscitating
  2. underresuscitation
  3. underridden
  4. underride
  5. underrides
  6. underriding
  7. underring
  8. underringing
  9. underrings
  10. underripe
  11. underripened

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