drive-off

See also: drive off

English

Alternative forms

• drive off

Noun

drive-off (plural drive-offs)

1. The act of stealing fuel from a self-service filling station by driving off without paying after filling the fuel tank; the act of bilking.
2. The act of leaving a filling station with the fuel pump hose nozzle still inserted into the fill spout of the fuel tank.
3. A contest or comparison of cars or drivers.
4. A place where one can conveniently pull off the road.

Synonyms

• (leaving a filling station without paying after filling the tank): fill and flee, fill and fly, gas and dash, gas and go, pump and jump, bilking

Translations

the act of leaving someplace without paying

• Catalan: partir sense pagar
• Spanish: irse sin pagar, hacer un simpa (colloquial)

Anagrams

• off drive