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| AAA |
abbreviation of "American Automobile Association," an association that provides travel-related discounts and services to its members. |
| accessorize |
to provide (an automobile, an outfit of apparel, or the like) with accessories. |
| air bag |
a bag in the front of some automobile interiors that inflates automatically in a collision and prevents the passengers from being thrust forward. |
| antifreeze |
a substance that lowers the freezing point of a liquid such as water, esp. in an automobile radiator. |
| at the wheel |
driving or steering a vehicle such as an automobile, ship, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| auto |
shortened form of "automobile." |
| beater |
(informal) a dilapidated yet serviceable automobile. [1/4 definitions] |
| blind spot |
an area nearby but which, or in which, one cannot see or hear what is happening, such as an area behind an automobile in motion that the driver cannot see through a rear-view mirror, or an acoustically dead spot in an auditorium. [1/4 definitions] |
| blow-by |
the leakage of unburned gases or of air mixed with fuel into the crankcase of an automobile engine, or the gases so leaking. [1/2 definitions] |
| blowout |
the sudden bursting of a vessel containing air or liquid under pressure, esp. an automobile tire. [1/2 definitions] |
| body shop |
an automobile garage or shop that specializes in the repair and maintenance of car bodies. |
| boot |
(chiefly British) a large compartment in an automobile, usu. in the rear, for storing items such as luggage, parcels, and tools; trunk. [1/10 definitions] |
| broadside |
to collide with, as in an automobile crash. [1/9 definitions] |
| brougham |
an automobile powered by an electric motor. [1/3 definitions] |
| bumper sticker |
a usu. rectangular piece of laminated paper printed with a slogan, aphorism, advertisement, or the like that may be stuck to the bumper of an automobile. |
| bumper-to-bumper |
of automobile traffic, closely packed and usu. slow-moving. |
| cabriolet |
a coupe or other automobile with a folding hood. [1/2 definitions] |
| car |
an automobile. [1/3 definitions] |
| carmaker |
an automobile manufacturing company. |
| carpool |
an arrangement among a group of automobile drivers, such as employees at the same workplace, to take turns driving each other to and from a common destination. [1/3 definitions] |
| carport |
a roofed, wall-less shelter for an automobile, usu. attached to a house or other building. |
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