POTHOLE
ADJECTIVES
► CHUCKY of a road: having potholes → 1950 Amer. dial.
► POTTED ► POTTED OUT of a road: full of potholes → 1969 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► CHATTER-BUMP a bump or hole in a road that makes a vehicle rattle → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CHICKEN NEST a pothole → 1969 Amer. dial.
► CHUCK a ‘chuckhole’; a depression or hole in the road; a pothole → 1973 Amer. dial.
► CHUCKHOLE a depression or hole in a road; a pothole → 1836 Amer. dial.
► CHUG a ‘chughole’; a depression or hole in a road; a pothole → 1927 Amer. dial.
► CHUGHOLE a depression or hole in a road → 1905 Amer. dial.
► CRADLE HOLE a large hole or rut in a road → 1854 Amer. dial.
► PITCH a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole → 1966 Amer. dial.
► PITCHHOLE a depression or defect in the surface of a road; a pothole → 1861 Amer. dial.
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