burn rubber

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

burn rubber (third-person singular simple present burns rubber, present participle burning rubber, simple past and past participle burned rubber or burnt rubber)

1. (idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle) To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
   • 2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “We’re rammed to the gills with foreigners doing mad shit. You can’t do this to Irish people. I’m getting out of this country, I’m burning rubber. It’s not safe to walk around here.”

Synonyms

• lay rubber
• peel rubber

Translations

to accelerate rapidly

• Finnish: polttaa kumia
• Polish: palić gumę impf
• Romanian: rupe asfaltul
• Swedish: börna (sv)