Reverse Dictionary: VEHICLE

​ADJECTIVES
► AUTO DRUNK dizzy or nauseated from riding in a car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BANGED UP of objects: broken, battered, esp. of a car with notable damage to the panel work → 20C sl.
► CABBIE ► CABBY addicted to the joys of motoring → sl.
► CAB-HAPPY very keen on driving motor vehicles→ c1950 army sl.
► CABLED of a vehicle: equipped with a winch → 2004 US sl.
► DEADLINED of a vehicle: laid up for repairs → World War II Amer. sl.
► DOPED UP said of an old car that has been fixed up to make it go fast or make a lot of noise → 1967 Amer. dial.
► EDGY in the used car business: said of a car that needs body work → 1968 US sl.
► GUTLESS of automobiles: under-powered → c1945 colloq.
► HOPPED ► HOPPED UP of a car: improved beyond its basic specifications → 1940s US sl.
► MANUMOTIVE of a vehicle: propelled by mechanism worked by hand → 1831
► SHAVED said of a car stripped of ornaments → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SOUPED UP of a vehicle: customized for greater power and speed
► TWITCHY of a motor vehicle, etc.: tending to judder slightly or veer momentarily sideways, esp. at high speed; that handles unstably or unpredictably → 1968 colloq.
► TWOCKED of a car: stolen, esp. for the purpose of joy-riding → 1993 UK sl., orig. police usage
► VEHICULARY serving as a vehicle → 1835
► VEHICULATORY pert. to vehicles → 1851

​NOUNS
► A a Model-A Ford automobile → 1920s US sl.
► A-BOMB a car especially modified for quick acceleration and speed → Amer. hot rodding sl.
► A-BONE a Model A Ford car → 1951 US sl.
► AC the Acura Legend, a popular automobile → 1990s African-American sl.
► AFROMOBILE 1. a three-wheeled vehicle used to convey tourists in Palm Beach, Florida; the drivers are invariably Black → 1900s US sl.
2. any fashionable automobile, as a BMW, Mercedes, etc. → 1970s African-American sl.
► AIR RIDE a car with pneumatic shock absorbers → 1975 US sl.
► AL CAPONE RIDE any old car, both the original Capone-era models and more recent ones, that lacks the most up-to-date gimmicks and accessories and is thus de facto ‘old fashioned’ → 1970s African-American sl.
► AMAXOMANIA a mania for being in vehicles → 1991 (Bk.)
► AMAXOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of being in or riding in vehicles → 1991 (Bk.)
► AMBULANCE a touring caravan or similar vehicle → 1868 US
► AMBULOPHOBIA fear of walking or riding in vehicles → 2008 (Bk.)
► ANDERSON CART a cart made from a cut-down car and pulled by horses during the 1930s depression; later, any car that ran out of petrol or broke down → 1987 Can. sl.
► ANGEL-MAKER a device that can inflict death, such as a dangerous vehicle or a gun → 1934 Amer. sl.
► ANIMAL a very dirty car → 1996 Aust. car sales usage (Bk.)
► ARK 1. an automobile → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
2. an old car → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► ARKANSAS CREDIT CARD a piece of hose used to siphon petrol/gas from another car into the tank of one’s own → 1970s US sl.
► ARM-TWISTER a vehicle equipped with a manual starter; a car which must be hand cranked → 1938 US sl.
► ARREST-ME-RED a bright red colour of paint on a car, bound to attract the attention and interest of law enforcement → 1992 US sl.
► ARTIC an articulated lorry → 1951 UK sl.
► ASHCAN a dilapidated, noisy motor vehicle → 1953 Amer. sl.
► AUTOCAR a motor car → 1895
► AUTO-GO-FAST a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► AUTOMOBILITY mobility by means of automobile vehicles; the use of automobiles or motor vehicles as a mode of travel → 1903
► AUTOMOBUBBLE an automobile → 1902 Amer. jocular usage
► AUTOMOTOR an automobile motor or motor vehicle → 1895
► AUTOSPILL an emptying of an automobile by tilting or overturning → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► AUTYMOBILE an automobile → 1934 Amer. dial.
► B 1. an MGB, the ‘B’ model of the MG sports car → 1960s Aust. sl.
2. a Cadillac Brougham car → 1980 US sl.
► BABY an item, a thing, esp. if large or formidable; often applied to weapons and motor vehicles → 1907 Amer. sl.
► BABY BENZ the Mercedes Benz model 190E, which is small and sporty → 1989 African-American sl.
► BABY BUGGY 1. a convertible sports car → 1970s US homosexual sl.
2. a Mini Metro car → 1981 Brit. Citizens’ band radio sl.
3. a convertible Volkswagen Beetle → 1992 US sl.
► BACK-DOOR the position directly to the rear of a moving vehicle or flying aircraft; hence, another vehicle or aircraft occupying this position → 1975 US sl.
► BAG OF BUGS a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)
► BAKKIE a light truck, a pick-up, a 4×4 vehicle → 1960s S. Afr.
► BALL OF FIRE a fast vehicle → 1940 Amer. sl.
► BANGER an old decrepit car → colloq.
► BARGE a big car; a Cadillac → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► BARROW a second-hand motorcar → 1950s Aust. sl.
► BATHTUB a very large car, as a limousine or an old touring car → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BATTLE WAGON an expensive car → 1943 UK army sl.
► BEAMER a BMW car → 2007 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEAST a large, usually old, car → 1996 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BEATER a junky old car → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BEDIDDLE a car with only one working headlight → 1959 Amer. dial.
► BEEP a jeep → World War II Amer. sl.
► BEETLE a Volkswagen automobile → 1975 US sl. (Bk.)
► BENNETT BUGGY a car converted to a four-wheel, horse-drawn carriage by removal of the engine, drive train and windshield (in depression times); later, any broken-down car → 1987 Can. sl.
► BENNY an automobile → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BENZINE BUGGY an automobile → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► BENZINE WAGON an automobile; a truck → World War II Amer. sl.
► BESSIE an automobile → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BETSY an automobile → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BIG BOAT a large, traditional American car, esp. a large station wagon → 1910s sl.
► BIG IRON a large car → 1975 US sl.
► BINGIE a dent or fracture in a motor vehicle → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BINGLE a minor car accident → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BIRD CAGE a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BIZZING hanging onto the bumper of a car and sliding along the icy streets on one’s shoes → 1969 Amer. dial.
► BLACK MAN’S WHEELS a BMW automobile → 2002 African-American sl.
► BLACK TAXI a Commonwealth government car → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BLIMP an old or dilapidated car → 1975 US sl., orig. taxi-drivers’ usage (Bk.)
► BLITZ BUGGY an automobile → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BLIXEN-BUS an automobile → 1916 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BLOOD WAGON an ambulance → 1922 sl.
► BLUNDERBUS an automobile → 1928 Amer. dial.
► BOAT an automobile → 1934 sl. (Bk.)
► BOG a putty-like material applied to the body of a motor vehicle to patch up a hole after the rust has been cut out → Aust. sl.
► BOG-WAGON a private van, particularly one which has been customized, and decorated inside; sometimes denotes a vehicle equipped for seduction → 2007 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► BOILER an automobile, esp. an old or dilapidated one → c1930 US sl.
► BOMB an old car → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► BONE-SETTER a horse hard in the riding; a rickety conveyance or vehicle → M18 sl.
► BONE-SHAKER any old vehicle which passengers find uncomfortable → 20C colloq.
► BOOST a stolen vehicle  → 2000s US criminals’ sl.
► BOX an automobile trailer → 1942 Amer. sl.
► BREEZER a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BROOM-BROOM a car → 2007 UK nursery sl. (Bk.)
► BROUGHAM a petrol-driven automobile having a limousine body but without a roof over the driver’s seat → 1903
► BUBBLE an automobile → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BUCKET a motor vehicle, generally an old or dilapidated car → 1938 Amer. dial.
► BUCKET OF BOLTS a motor vehicle, generally an old or dilapidated car → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BUG 1. an Army supply truck → World War II Amer. sl.
2. a Volkswagen car → 1976 US sl.
► BUGGY an automobile; now esp. an old or modified one → 1930 Amer. dial.
► BULLET an automobile with a torpedo body → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► BUMPER STICKER a car or other vehicle following too closely on one’s bumper → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► BUM-RIDING hanging on to the bumper of a car and sliding along the icy streets → 1967 Amer. dial.
► BUS any conveyance, as a car, aeroplane, etc. → 1934 colloq. (Bk.)
► BUSS-WAGON a car, esp. an old one → 1950 Amer. dial.
► BUSTER a motor vehicle that gives a very bumpy ride → 1974 Amer. sl.
► BUTT-BUSTER a hard-riding vehicle → 1974 Amer. sl.
► BUZZ BUGGY an automobile → 1911 Amer. sl.
► BUZZ-BOX a motorcar → 1920 sl.
► BUZZ-BUZZ a car, esp. an old one → 1909 Amer. dial.
► BUZZER any form of car → 20C sl.
► BUZZ-WAGON an automobile → 1903 Amer. jocular usage
► CAB a motor car → c1920 Royal Navy sl.
► CABBIE ► CABBY a ride in a motor vehicle → L1940 army sl.
► CAD a Cadillac car → 1929 sl., orig. US
► CADDIE ► CADDY a Cadillac car → 1929 US sl.
► CAGE a car → 1960s US sl.
► CAKE BASKET a limousine → 1920s US sl.
► CALF a Cadillac car → 1940s African-American sl.
► CALIFORNIA TILT a car with the bonnet (hood) sloping downward to a front end that is lower than the rear end → 1976 US sl.
► CALLYVAN a caravan, a house on wheels, used by gypsy hawkers or in wild-beast shows; any very large carriage → 1874 Eng. dial.
► CAMILLA PARKER (BOWLES) a Rolls Royce car → 1990s Brit. rhyming sl. on ‘Rolls’
► CAN a motor vehicle or aircraft, esp. if old or dilapidated → 1923 Amer. sl.
► CANDY the decoration or customization of an automobile → 2000s African-American sl.
► CANDY WAGON a light truck → 1942 Amer. sl.
► CANOE a large automobile → 1935 US sl.
► CAR a wheeled vehicle or conveyance; a carriage, chariot, cart, wagon, etc. → 1382
► CARNAPPER a person who habitually steals cars → 1984 UK sl.
► CAR-POPPING car theft → 1996 UK sl.
► CARRIAGE a wheeled vehicle generally → 1560 arch.
► CARRO an automobile → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► CARRY a means of transport; a vehicle; a two-wheeled barrow → 1605 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► CARRYALL a vehicle for transport, either wheeled or on rails for snow → 1963 Can. sl.
► CAT a Cadillac → 1930s African-American sl.
► CATCHING POLLIES holding on to the back of a vehicle so as to be pulled over snow or ice → 1997 Amer. dial. 
► CEMENT-MIXER a noisy, rickety, rough-riding vehicle or vessel → 1914 Amer. sl.
► CHAGALAG an old broken-down car → 1967 Amer. dial.
► CHAMPION SLUMP  OF 1897 the motorcar → L19 sl.
► CHARIOT a motor car → c1945 jocular usage
► CHEV a Chevrolet motor car → c1925 coll., orig. US
► CHEVVY a Chevrolet motor car → c1925 coll., orig. US
► CHICKIE RUN a virility ritual involving the driving of two cars at high speed towards each other, or towards a dangerous obstacle; the first one to turn aside or brake is the loser or ‘chicken’ → 1955 US sl.
► ‘CHINE an automobile or other motor vehicle → 1968 African-American sl.
► CHIRPER a loud squealing noise caused by giving the car more gasoline than necessary while releasing the clutch → 1978 Amer. students’  sl.
► CHIZLER a Chrysler car or engine → 1968 US sl.
► CHOP SHOP a place where parts are stripped from stolen vehicles for unlawful resale → 1977 US sl., orig. police usage
► CHORRIE a near-derelict car → 1961 S. Afr. sl.
► CHROME an automobile, assumed to be heavily customized → 2001 African-American sl.
► CHUGWAGON n. a motorcar → 1909 US sl.
► CHUMMY a motor vehicle designed to give comfortable accommodation for a small group of people → 1924
► CHUMP CHARIOT an automobile → 1911 US sl.
► CLONKER ► CLUNKER ► KLUNKER a worn-out, useless car → 1940s sl.
► CLUNK an old, dilapidated vehicle → 1938 Amer. dial.
► COCKEYE a car with only one working headlight → 1980 Amer. dial.
► COCK-WAGON a van, esp. one fitted with bedding as a place for necking and copulation → M20 US sl.
► COCONUT WAGON a truck delivering illicit liquor → 1968 Amer. dial.
► COFFEE GRINDER an old, broken-down car → 1950 Amer. dial.
► CONKER an old or broken-down car → 1967 Amer. dial.
► COUNTRY CADILLAC a pickup truck → 1976 US sl.
► CRACK-‘EM-UP an automotive accident → 1978 Amer. sl.
► CRATE an automobile; an old airplane → World War II Amer. sl.
► CREAM PUFF a second-hand car maintained in excellent condition → 1949 US colloq.
► CROCK an old and worn-out person or thing; an old decrepit car → 1889 UK sl.
► CROMWELL a Vauxhall Cavalier car → 1981 UK citizen’s band radio sl.
► CRUISER a car; a fast car → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► CRUTCH a car → 2006 US street sl. (Bk.)
► CUDA a Plymouth Barracuda car → 1965 US sl.
► CUT-DOWN an old automobile modified to increase speed; a hot rod or jalopy → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CYCLO a rickshaw pulled by a bicycle → 1972 US sl.
► DADDY a Cadillac → 1930s US tramps’ sl.
► DADDYLAC an expensive car that has been given to a young driver by his or her parents → 20C teen & high school sl.
► DAGENHAM DUSTBIN a Ford car → 1981 UK Citizens’ band radio sl.
► DAK-DAK a Volkswagen car of the first type produced → 20C Aust. sl.
► DAN a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► DANCEHALL a large flat-bed semi-trailer truck → 1944 US sl.
► DANDY a kind of vehicle used in the Himalayas, consisting of strong cloth slung like a hammock to a bamboo staff, and carried by two (or more) men called ‘dandy-wallahs’ → L19 Anglo-Indian
► DANGLER a lorry’s trailer → 1951 UK sl.
► DANNY MARR a car → 1996 UK rhyming sl.
► DEAD CART a vehicle used for transporting the dead; a hearse → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DEADFOOT a slow vehicle → 1976 US sl.
► DEAD MAN’S WAGON a hearse → 1954 Amer. dial.
► DEAD SLED in the used car business: a car in extremely poor condition → 1997 US sl.
► DEAD WAGON a vehicle used for transporting the dead; a hearse; sometimes also an ambulance → 1894 Amer. dial.
► DEATH SEAT the passenger seat in a motorcar, shown statistically to be the seat most likely to bring death to its occupier when the car crashes → 1960s sl.
► DETROIT DISASTER a car, presumably in bad condition → 1910s sl., orig. African-American usage
► DETROIT JUNK a car, presumably in bad condition → 1910s sl., orig. African-American usage
► DICKY the luggage compartment of a motor vehicle; a boot or trunk → 1965 S. Asian
► DIMPLE a dent on a car’s body → 1997 US sl.
► DINKY 1. a short, coupled truck → World War II Amer. sl.
2. an expensive car → 1980 UK sl.
3. an old, dilapidated car → 1986 Trinidad and Tobago
► DIRGE a Dodge truck → 1971 US sl.
► DOG CATCHER any fast truck → 1971 US sl.
► DONEGAN an old car, with wheels removed used as a residence or office → 1945 Amer. dial.
► DOUCHE JOB a wash or steam cleaning of a truck → 1971 US sl.
► DRAG a car → 1935 UK gypsy usage
► DRAG-BUGGY an old car that has been fixed up to make it go fast or make a lot of noise → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DRAGGIN’-WAGON a fast car; a car customized for racing → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► DUCK a stolen car discovered by police through serendipitous checking of number plates → 1970 US sl.
► DUESIE a Duesenberg car → 1965 US sl.
► DUNE BUGGY an automobile, esp. an old or broken-down car → 1965 Amer. dial.
► DUNGA ► DUNGER something sounding mechanically worn out or not in first-class order, esp. an old car → 1980 Aust. & NZ sl.
► E CLASS a very expensive car → 2000s US teen sl.
► E-CAR an electrically powered car → 2003 UK sl.
► EGGBEATER an old motorcar → 1970s sl.
► EGG CRATE an old car or aeroplane → 1920s US sl.
► EGGED a bus → c1942 army sl.
► FALL-OUT the threat of pieces falling from an old, unsafe automobile → c1955 Aust. sl.
► FARTING-TRAP a light two-wheeled vehicle carrying four people, seated two on each side, back to back → 1890 Anglo-Irish
► FISH a nickname for an old car; a jalopy → 1969 Amer. dial.
► FISH WAGON a gas-electric car or other motorcar equipped with an air horn, which sounds like a fishmonger’s horn → 1945 Amer. dial.
► FIX OR REPAIR DAILY a Ford truck; any Ford vehicle → 1971 US sl.
► FLAMETHROWER a diesel truck with flames showing on the smokestack from an incorrect fuel-to-air ratio → 1971 US sl.
► FLIP-FLOP an old or broken-down car → 1970 Amer. dial.
► FLIP-FLOPPY an old or broken-down car → 1970 Amer. dial.
► FLIVVER a Ford automobile → World War II Amer. sl.
► FOUR WHEELS a car; transportation → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FOX TRAP an automobile customized and fixed up in a way that will attract women → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► FRIDAY AFTERNOON CAR a car that is constantly going wrong → 1979 UK sl.
► FRIDAY CAR a car that is constantly going wrong → 1979 UK sl.
► FRONT ROOM a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GADABOUT a Lada car → 1981 UK Citizens’ band radio sl.
► GANGSTER DOORS any four-door sedan → 1980 US sl.
► GANGSTER LEAN a car with hydraulic shock absorbers that are set to leave the car higher on one side than the other → 1991 US sl.
► GARAGE MAN’S COMPANION a truck manufactured by General Motors Corporation → 1971 US sl.
► GAS BUBBLE a Volkswagen → 1966 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► GAS-GUZZLER a motor vehicle that demands immoderate quantities of fuel, either by design or in consequence of a driver’s excessive demands → 1973 US sl.
► GASOLINE WAGON an automobile → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GASSER an automobile → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GEORGIA BUGGY an automobile, esp. an old or broken-down car → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GHETTO SLED a junky car → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GIG an old car → 1950 Amer. sl.
► GIN PALACE a staff car; any luxurious vehicle for the use of a superior officer → 1942 army sl.
► GLASS HOUSE a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOAT a fast and powerful car; a Pontiac GTO → 2006 US sl. (Bk.)
► GO-BILLY any kind of wheeled vehicle → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GO-BUGGY an automobile, esp. an old or broken-down car → 1965 Amer. dial.
► GO-DEVIL a vehicle for which a better name is lacking ..1958 Amer. dial.
► GONDOLA a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► GOOK CAR an inferior car over-decorated with chrome and accessories → 1950s US sl.
► GOOK WAGON an inferior car over-decorated with chrome and accessories → 1950s US sl.
► GRANNY HOLE the first gear of a truck or tractor → 1984 Amer. dial.
► G-RIDE a stolen automobile → 1990 African-American sl.
► GRUNTER an automobile → 1910s sl.
► GUNSHIP a van used in a drive-by shooting → 1988 US sl.
► GUTS the interior of a car → 1975  US sl.
► GUT TRUCK a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock → 1983 Amer. sl.
► GUT-WAGON a wagon or truck that hauls the carcasses of dead farm stock → 1925 Amer. sl.
► HACK 1. an old, slow, or dilapidated motor vehicle, aircraft, or boat or ship → 1916 Amer. sl.
2. a hearse → 1950 Amer. dial.
► HADDOCK AND BLOATER a motor-car → 1950s rhyming sl.
► HAY-BURNER a cheap automobile → 1921 Amer. dial.
► HEARSE a large automobile → 1938 Amer. dial.
► HENRY an automobile, esp. a Ford → 1928 Amer. dial.
► HIPPOMOBILE a word used in the early days of motor vehicles for a horse-drawn vehicle → 1906
► HIT CAR an automobile used to make a getaway from the scene of a murder or to carry a kidnapped victim to the place where he is to be killed → 1969 Amer. criminal & police sl.
► HOG a Cadillac → 1960s Amer. sl.
► HONK-HONK an automobile → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HOOPTIE ► HOOPTY a car, esp. one that is dilapidated or modified → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HORSE a Ford Mustang, or Colt → 1975 US CB usage
► HOTCHA HEAP a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOT CHROME a car that appeals to girls → 1954 US sl.
► HOT CRATE a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOT IRON a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HOT-SHOT a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HUMMER a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HURRY-BUGGY a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HUSTLEBUGGY a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HYBRID in the car sales business, used as a euphemism for a car that has at least some parts that do not belong → 1953 US sl.
► ICE WAGON a slow-moving person or vehicle → L19 US sl.
► JALOPY a dilapidated old car → 20C colloq.
► JAMIE any General Motors truck → 1971 US sl.
► JAM JAR a motor car → 1934 rhyming sl.
► JAMMER a stolen car → 2000s Irish sl.
► JAZZY JOLLOPY a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► JERKEY ► JERKY a roughly-made vehicle; a shaky jolting vehicle → 1884 US
► JIGGER a bicycle or small motor vehicle or hand-car → 1897 colloq.
► JITNEY an automobile, esp. one that is old or broken down → 1917 Amer. dial.
► JITTER-BUGGY an old car that has been fixed up to make it go fast or make a lot of noise → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JOY-RIDE an impulsive excursion in a car that is, from the point of view o the riders, borrowed, but from the point of view of the law, stolen → 1915 US sl.
► JUDGE a 1968-73 Pontiac GTO → 1992 US sl.
► JUGAAD 1995 orig. & chiefly Sth. Asian – a makeshift automobile constructed from inexpensive materials
► JUGGERNAUT 1841 – a large heavy vehicle; a heavy lorry or truck
► JUNK a run-down vehicle → 1920s sl.
► JUNKER a motor vehicle in very poor condition; an old or dilapidated vehicle considered ready to be discarded → 1932 colloq.
► JUNKHEAP an old, battered automobile → 1940s sl.
► KIDNEY-BUSTER a truck, esp. a military truck, that rides roughly → 1938 US sl.
► KINKY anything that has been obtained dishonestly, esp. a stolen car → 1927 Amer. criminal sl.
► KITTY a Cadillac → 1930s African-American sl.
► KITTY-CAT a Cadillac → 1930s African-American sl.
► KURUMA a rickshaw → 1727 
► LAC a Cadillac → 1980s African-American & rap music sl.
► LA-DE-DA ► LA-DI-DAH ► LAH-DI-DAH ► LARDY-DAH a car → 1970s rhyming sl.
► LARD-ASS a slow-moving vehicle → 1963 Amer. sl.
► L.D. an Eldorado Cadillac → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► LEAPING EGG CRATE a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LEAPING LENA a light truck → 1971 US sl.
► LEMON a defective car → 1920s sl.
► LEMON LAW law that provides redress for buyers of substandard or defective cars → 1920s sl.
► LEMON POP a piece of plastic or thin metal used to slip between the moulding and the top of the window on push-button locking cars, from which a loop of dental floss is dropped over the post on the door and yanked to open the door → 1996 US sl.
► LEMONZINE a limousine → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► LIZZIE a car, esp. a Ford → 1913 US sl.
► LOAD a car; a car in poor condition → 1937 US sl.
► LUNKER a dilapidated motor car → 1970s US sl.
► MACHINE 1. a vehicle of any kind,  usually wheeled; in the 18th and part of the 19th centuries commonly applied to a stagecoach or mail-coach → 1687 obs. exc. Sc.
2. an automobile → 1901 sl.
3. a fast and attractive car → 1908 US sl.
► MAGGOT WAGON a catering truck → 1992 US sl.
► MAYFLOWER a Plymouth car → 1965 US sl.
► MEAN MACHINE a fast or stylish car → 1980s sl., orig. US
► MEAT GRINDER an automobile → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MEAT WAGON 1.an ambulance → 1925 sl., chiefly US
2. a hearse → 1942 sl.
► MECHANICAL FLEA a Ford automobile, esp. one used by the military → Amer. World War I sl.
► MEXICAN BUICK a Chevrolet → 1979 US sl.
► MEXICAN CADILLAC a Chevrolet → 1962 US sl.
► MEXICAN RIG an old car that has been fixed up to make it go fast or to make a lot of noise → 1966 Amer. dial., derogatory
► MITZI a Mitsubishi car → 2002 Brit. sl.
► MONKEY WAGON an estate car; a ‘family’ car → 1960s US sl.
► MOTOR a motor car → 1984 UK sl.
► MOTOR BULLET an automobile with a torpedo body → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOTORPHOBIA an abnormal fear or dislike of motor vehicles → 1991 (Bk.)
► MOTOR TORPEDO an automobile with a torpedo body → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► MOUNT in hot rodding: a driver’s car → 1948 US sl.
► MUSCLE CAR a high-performance car; one of a class of sports cars having V-8 engines, produced in the United States mainly in the 1960s and 1970s → 1966 chiefly US
► NAG an old automobile → 1934 students’ sl. (Bk.)
► NAIL a run-down car → 2003 NZ sl. (Bk.)
► NEAR AND FAR a motorcar → 1944 Aust. rhyming sl.
► NIGGER BAIT an excess of chrome accessories on an automobile → 1962 sl., offensive
► NINE-EIGHT a 1998 Oldsmobile → 1990s US sl.
► NIXON’S REVENGE an American Ford car → 1976 US Citizens’ band radio sl.
► NORTH SHORE HOLDEN a Volvo car → Aust. (Sydney) sl.
► NOTCHBACK a car with a dent in its boot/trunk → 1992 US sl.
► NO-TOP a convertible with its top down → 1976 US sl.
► OCHOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of vehicles → 1991 (Bk.)
► OIL CAN an automobile → 1940s US sl., derogatory
► OIL-BURNER 1. any old or dilapidated vehicle, esp. a car or ship → 20C sl.
2. a vehicle which, through a malfunctioning or dirty engine, uses up a disproportionate quantity of oil → 1930s sl.
► O.J. a large car, typically a Ford or Lincoln → 1980s African-American sl.
► OLD BETSY an automobile → 1967 Amer. dial.
► OLD BUCKET a motor vehicle, generally an old or dilapidated car → 1938 Amer. dial.
► OLD BUGGY an automobile, esp. an old or broken-down car → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD CAT a Morris Minor → 1981 UK Citizens’ band radio sl.
► OLD HACK an old or dilapidated vehicle or boat → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLDS an Oldsmobile automobile → 1932 US sl.
► OMYGOD a Plymouth Omega → 1992 US sl.
► ONE-EYE a car with only one headlight working → 1962 US sl.
► ONE-EYED JACK a car with only one headlight working → 1988 US sl.
► ONE-LUNGER a single-cylinder vehicle,  usually a motorcycle → 1908 US sl.
► ORPHAN a discontinued model of a motor vehicle; a run-down, dilapidated motorcar → 1942 US sl. (Bk.)
► OTTYMOBILE an automobile → 1942 Amer. dial.
► PADDOCK-BASHER a worn-out old vehicle used to drive around a country property; an off-road vehicle  → 1983 Aust. sl.
► PADIDDLE ► PADOODLE ► PADUNGLE ► PERDIDDLE ► PERDIDDO a vehicle with a burned-out headlight; hence, any old or run-down vehicle → 1959 US sl.
► PADS car license plates → 1934 US sl.
► PAIL a car → 1944 US sl.
► PAIR OF WHEELS a two-wheeled vehicle → 1623 UK sl.
► PAPA a Lincoln automobile → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► PARLOR a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PEPPY CRATE a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PERCOLATOR an automobile → 1947 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► PIG 1. a vehicle, esp. one that is heavy or awkward to control → 1898 colloq.
2. an old truck or car → 1961 Amer. dial.
► PIMP RIDE an expensive luxury automobile, esp. if additionally accessorized → 2007 African-American sl.
► PNEUMONIA TRUCK an open lorry (truck) without doors or hood → 1940 sl.
► POKE power, esp. in a car or other vehicle, horsepower; strength, vigour → 1965 colloq.
► POKIE a vehicle that travels slowly → 1980s sl.
► POODLER a small motor vehicle → 1951 colloq.
► POP-BUGGY an old car that has been fixed up to make it go fast or make a lot of noise → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POPEYE a car with only one working headlight → 1999 Amer. dial.
► PUDDEN ► PUDDING a second-hand car dealer’s term relating to filler in a car’s bodywork → Brit. sl.
► PUDDLE-JUMPER 1. an old rickety automobile → 1930s sl.
2. a small commercial vehicle → Brit. sl.
► PUSH-FOOT a Ford Model T automobile → 1920s W. Indies sl.
► QUEEN MARY a large tank truck → 1954 US sl.
► RADA ► RADO a Cadillac Eldorado → 1970s African-American sl.
► RAG a second-rate, rundown car; one in poor condition → 1980s US sl.
► RAGGEDY-ASS RIDE an old car; any form of motor vehicle that has become run-down and dilapidated → 1950s African-American sl.
► RAGGER 1. a car with a ‘convertible’ soft op → 1950s US sl.
2. a truck that has an open back, which, when loaded, is covered with a tarpaulin → 1970s sl.
► RAG-ROOF a convertible car → 1955 Amer. sl.
► RAG TOP 1. a car with a ‘convertible’ soft top → 1955 US sl.
2. a truck that has an open back, which, when loaded, is covered with a tarpaulin → 1970s sl.
► RALLY a lorry → 1923 Sc.
► RANFLA a car that has been lowered and otherwise customized for teen use → 1990s US sl.
► RANGE a Range Rover → 2000s sl.
► RAPE WAGON a flashy car belonging to a pimp → 1960s US sl.
► RAT a near-derelict but just driveable secondhand car → 1940s US sl.
► RATTLER an automobile → 1923 US sl.
► RATTLE-TRAP a worn-out, rickety vehicle; anything old and dilapidated; a makeshift contrivance → 1888 Eng. dial.
► REGO the registration of a motor vehicle → Aust. sl.
► REST CURE the practice of sending a car to the repair shop and having it returned to the customer without anything being done to it → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► RICE BURNER a Japanese motorcycle or car → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► RIDE an automobile → 1934 sl. (Bk.)
► RIV a Buick Riviera car → 1970s US sl.
► RIVIE a Buick Riviera car → 1970s US sl.
► RIVIE HOG a Buick Riviera car → 1980 US sl.
► ROACH in new car sales: a bad credit risk → 1989 US sl.
► ROAD-LOUSE a Ford automobile → 1914 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► ROD a hot rod → M20 sl., chiefly US
► ROLLER 1. a car in stock; one that a buyer can come into a dealership and see, buy, and drive home in → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
2. a Rolls Royce → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► ROOF-RIDING riding illegally on the roof of a car, bus, etc. for the thrills → 1980s US sl.
► RUBBERNECK-WAGON a sightseeing car → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► RUST BUCKET a car that is rusted through → 1965 colloq.
► SAD AND SORRY a lorry → 1992 Cockney rhyming sl.
► SAGGING DEUCE a lowered Cadillac automobile → 1990s African-American sl.
► SAIL a ride in a cart or other vehicle, or on horseback → 1830 Sc.
► SALT SHAKER a road-gritting or road-salting vehicle → 1976 US sl.
► SAMOAN FAMILY CAR a used police car bought at auction → 1982 Hawaiian youth usage
► SANDBURNER a Jeep → 1981 UK sl.
► SANITARY a well-built, efficient car → 1956 US hot-rodders’ sl.
► SARDINE-TIN a mini-car → 1960s colloq.
► SCOOTER a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SCORCHER a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SEEDAN a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SELDOM SEEN a limousine → 1942 Amer. rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► SHACKING holding onto a moving vehicle so as to be towed along over snow and ice → 1993 Amer. dial.
► SHAGGING holding onto a moving vehicle so as to be towed along over snow and ice → 1994 Amer. dial.
► SHAGGING-STATION a van or car used primarily for sex → 1960s sl.
► SHAGGING-WAGON a van or car used primarily for sex → 1960s sl.
► SHAG-WAGON a van or car used primarily for sex → 1960s sl.
► SHANDRADAN an old rickety rattletrap of a car → 1910 Ireland (Bk.)
► SHARPIE a car that is smart or in good condition → L20 N. Amer. colloq.
► SHEBANG a vehicle → 1872 US sl.
► SHED 1. a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2. a poor maintained motor vehicle → 2001 sl.
► SHEEN a ‘machine;, either a car or a motorcycle → 1968 African-American sl.
► SHELL 1. a hearse → 1923 UK sl.
2. the body of a car → 1937
► SHITBOX a dilapidated, messy, or poor-quality vehicle or house → 1968 sl.
► SHITCAN a near derelict but just drivable secondhand car, or motorcycle, one step from the junkyard → 1970s US sl.
► SHITHEAP a dilapidated or untidy place, vehicle, etc. → 1961 sl., orig. US
► SHORT an automobile → 1914 US sl.
► SHOWCASE a sedan → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SHUNT a car accident → 1959 UK sl.
► SIN BIN a van or car used primarily for sex → 1980s Aust. sl.
► SITTING DUCK a stolen car discovered by police through serendipitous checking of number plates → 1970 US sl.
► SIZZLER a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SKEECHING holding on the bumper of a slow-moving car on a snowy or icy street and getting pulled along → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SKILLET an old car → 1930s sl.
► SKINHEAD a British Leyland “Allegro” car → 1981 UK citizens band radio sl.
► SKITCHING holding on to the back of a vehicle so as to be pulled over snow or ice; also, holding on to a vehicle while on a bicycle → 1983 Amer. dial.
► SLED 1. a big car → 1985 sl.
2. in the world of automobile auctions, a vehicle badly in need of repair → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SLUG a used car in need of major repairs → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SMOKER a vehicle or engine that emits excessive fumes → 1951 colloq.
► SMOKE WAGON an automobile → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SMOOTH MOUTH an old truck → 1942 Amer. sl.
► SNAPPY HEAP a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SNOWBIRDS snow and ice clumps that build up under the fender of the car → 1987 Can. sl.
► SNOW TANK an older, large car that is reliable in snow driving → 2003 US sl.
► SOUPED-UP BUGGY an old car that has been fixed up to make it go fast or make a lot of noise → 1965 Amer. dial.
► SPARK-PLUGGY CAR a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPEED-BUGGY a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPEED-BURNER. a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPEEDMOBILE a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPEEDSTER a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPEED-UP CAR a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPEED-WAGON a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPIVMOBILE an exceptionally ostentatious and flashy car, such as might be driven by a spiv or their successors → 1980s sl.
► SPORTSTER a sports-car → 1960 colloq.
► SPURT MODEL a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPUTES sport utility vehicles → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► STAY-WAG a station wagon → 1991 US sl.
► STEAMING DEMON any large American car → 1981 UK sl.
► STEPMOBILE a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STEPPER a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STEPPY SPEED-WAGON a fast car → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► STRAIGHT JOB an ordinary truck as distinct from a semitrailer → 1940s US truckers’ sl.
► STRUGGLE-BUGGY an automobile, esp. an old or broken-down car → 1925 Amer. dial.
► TACO WAGON a car embellished with bright colours, chrome and other accessories associated with Mexican-American car enthusiasts → 1960 US sl.
► TAILGATING holding on to the back of a car as it drives over snow or ice → c1980 Amer. dial.
► TIN CAN a car, esp. a model T Ford → 1923 US sl.
► TIN LIZARD a Ford → 1926 US sl. (Bk.)
► TIN LIZZIE a small, cheap automobile in run-down condition, esp. a Model T Ford → 1910 sl.
► TOORAK TRACTOR a luxury four-wheel drive or sport utility vehicle → 21C Aust., derogatory
► TORPEDO an automobile with a torpedo body → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TOY, THE the family car → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► TOY OTTER in car repair: a Toyota car → 1992 US sl.
► TRANS a car → 1970s African-American teen sl.
► TRANSPORTATION an old or decrepit car; an unappealing car → 1940s US sl.
► TRIG a block or a chock used to keep something from rolling or shifting; any of various contrivances used to stop or slow a vehicle → 1871 Amer. dial.
► TUNA WAGON an old, decrepit car → 1970s US sl.
► TURTLE the trunk of a car → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► TWOC the offense of taking a car without the owner’s consent, esp. for the purpose of joy-riding; car theft → 1972 UK sl., orig. police usage
► URBAN SURFING riding illegally on the roof of a car for the thrills → 1980s US sl.
► VACUUM CLEANER a sports car → 1940s sl.
► V-DUB a Volkswagen motor vehicle → 1970 Aust. sl.
► VEE-DUB a Volkwagen car → 1970s Aust. sl.
► VEEKILE a vehicle → c1850 Sc.
► VEE-WEE a Volkswagen car → 1960s sl.
► VEHICULATION conveyance by means of a vehicle or vehicles; vehicular activity or traffic → 1834
► VEHICULUM a vehicle → 1633 obs.
► VELOCIPEDE a swift-moving vehicle → 1838
► VET a car → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► VETTE a Corvette automobile → 1950s sl.
► VIACLE a vehicle → 1894 Sc.
► VICKY a Ford Victoria sedan, first built in the 1930s and then revived in the 1950s → 1965  US sl.
► VICTORY V a Triumph car → 1981 UK citizens’ band radio sl.
► VOLKS a Volkswagen car → 1964 US sl.
► VOLKSIE a Volkswagen car, esp. the ‘Beetle’ → 19162 S. Afr. sl.
► WAGON an old, worn-out, beat-up car → 1959 US sl.
► WAUSAU WAGON a pickup truck → 1980s US sl.
► WEED MONKEY an old car or truck used to haul raw materials used in the illegal production of alcohol → 1974 US sl.
► WEED MULE an old car or truck used to haul raw materials used in the illegal production of alcohol → 1974 US sl.
► WHEELS a motor vehicle → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► WHIP 1. a car; used by urban Black youths → 2004 UK sl.
2. a customized, accessorized car → 2006 US sl.
3. an automobile → 2012 African-American sl.
► WHISKEY DENT a dent on your car that you don’t remember incurring while driving drunk → 1984 US sl.
► WHOOPEE ► WHOOPY a car, esp. one that is dilapidated or modified → 1922 Amer. dial.
► WHOOPTY a car, esp. one that is dilapidated or modified → 1968 Amer. dial.
► WHOOPY a car → 1970 US sl. (Bk.)
► WINTER RAT an old car → 20C sl.
► WOODEN CAT a Morris Traveller car → 1981 UK Citizens’ band radio sl.
► WOODIE ► WOODY a station wagon with wooden outside trim → 1950s Amer. sl., orig. surfing usage
► WRAPPER a motor vehicle → 1976 US citizens’ band radio sl.
► WRECK n. an old car or other vehicle → 1930s Amer. sl.
► WRITE-OFF any machine, vehicle, etc., smashed beyond economic repair → 1918 sl., orig. chiefly Services’
► XKE the Jaguar XKE automobile → 1980s African-American sl.
► YANKEE CLIPPER a North American moving van → 1976 US sl.
► YANK TANK a large car, esp. one manufactured in the US → 1981 Aust. & NZ sl.
► YAP WAGON a vehicle taking tourists on sightseeing tours → 1920s US sl.
► ZOOM BUGGY a fast car → 1950s US teen sl.

​NOUNS – PERSON
► AUTOIST one who uses or drives an automobile → 1903 US
► AUTOMOBILIST one who uses an automobile or motor vehicle → 1897
► BACK-SEAT DRIVER a passenger in a vehicle who constantly gives the driver unwanted advice on how to drive → 1927
► BONDO MECHANIC a body-shop worker who relies too heavily upon large amounts of body putty and too little upon  finesse or craft → 1992 US sl.
► CLOCKER a person who turns back the milometer of a motor vehicle so that it registers a falsely low mileage → L20 sl.
► DAUBER a car painter who will repaint a stolen car → 20C sl.
► FULL-TIMER a person who lives in a recreational vehicle all year → 1997 US sl.
► GAS-GUZZLER a person who drives a gas-guzzler, a large car characterized by high fuel consumption → 1977 colloq., orig. US
► GEARHEAD an engineering student; someone mechanically minded; hence, a motor vehicle enthusiast → 1975 colloq., orig. US college
► GLIMMER a person who watches vacant motorcars → 1933 UK sl.
► GOOBER in the usage of young street racers, anyone who drives a car with an automatic transmission  → 2003 US sl.
► GREASE MONKEY a mechanic, esp. one who works on cars or aircraft → 1928 colloq.
► HIGH-RIDER a young, esp. working-class, man whose car is modified in such a way that its rear is higher than the front → 1980s US sl.
► HOT SHORT HUSTLER an automobile thief → 1934 sl. (Bk.)
► INSIDE a passenger riding inside a vehicle → 1816 sl.
► JEHU a fast or furious driver or operator of a vehicle → 1682 humorous usage
► KINK a criminal; later, esp. a car thief → 1910s US criminal sl.
► LEADER the driver of a vehicle → a1300 obs.
► MIDNIGHT AUTO SERVICE car thieves → 1960s Amer. sl.
► MOTORHEAD a person who is over-enthusiastic about cars → 1974 Amer. sl.
► MOTORPHOBE a person who has a strong fear or hatred of motor vehicles → 1905
► PANEL-BEATER an employee in a car body shop → 1984 Aust. sl.
► PARTS CHANGER in car repair: a mechanic who replaces parts until a problem is solved instead of diagnosing the problem at the outset → 1993 US sl. 
► RINGER someone who fraudulently changes the identity of a car → 1970 sl.
► ROACH a car buyer without credit or with bad credit → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► RODDER a hot-rodder; a person who converts cards into hot rods → sl., chiefly US
► SKATE JOCKEY a driver of a small car, esp. a sports car → 1976 US citizens band radio sl.
► SLIDE-RULER a person coming on a used car lot or into a showroom with a strong interest in such things as miles per gallon, displacement, and EPA ratings and who often carries a calculator; not beloved → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SLOW MOTION a prospective car buyer who tends to think things over → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► SPEED SHOP an automobile supplier specializing in the parts for (and sometimes building) modified cars → 1950s US sl.
► SPINNER one who illegally sets back the true mileage on used cars to get them ready for market → 1998 sl. (Bk.)
► TOWIE a tow-truck driver → 1975 Aust. sl.
► TWOCKER a car thief, esp. one who steals for the purpose of joy-riding → 1990 UK sl., orig. police usage
► VANNER an owner or operator of a van or truck → 1976 US & Can.
► VANNY a van driver → 2000s sl.
► WAGGONER ► WAGONER the driver of a vehicle → 1841 jocular usage
► WIPE one who washes or wipes cars or dishes → 1975 Amer. sl.  (Bk.)
► WRENCHER a car enthusiast with considerable mechanical ability → 2003 US sl.

​PHRASES
► WHAT ARE YOU PUSHING? what sort of car do you drive? → 1970s African-American sl.

​VERBS
► ANCHOR to apply the brakes of a car or truck → 1946 US sl.
► AUTOMOBILIZE to use an automobile as a means of locomotion; to ride in or drive a motor car; to travel by automobile → 1898
► BURN PAINT of a car or truck: to be engulfed in flames → 1977 US sl.
► CABBIE ► CABBY to drive a motor vehicle; to be driven → 1974 UK Army use
► CARRY THE WHEELS to accelerate so quickly that the vehicle’s front wheels lift off the ground → 1968 US sl.
► CAR-SHOP to break into a car to steal its contents → 1997 US sl.
► CHEW DUST to be overtaken in a car → L19 US sl. 
► CRACK A SHORT to break into cars → 1965 Amer. sl.
► CREAM to hit, to beat,. to thrash thoroughly; to drub; to crush, to defeat as in sporting contexts; to ruin or wreck a motor vehicle → 1929 colloq., orig. & chiefly US
► DANCE to cause a car to bounce up and down by use of hydraulic lifts → 1980 US sl.
► DANGLE THE CAT to drive a Caterpillar truck → 1971 US sl.
► GET A TRANSFUSION to fill a vehicle with petrol/gas or diesel ..1976 US sl.
► HOT-WIRE to steal a vehicle by bypassing its ignition system → 1966 sl., orig. Amer.
► JOYRIDE to steal a car for a joy-ride → 1949 US sl.
► KANGAROO of a car: to move forward or to cause a car to move forward with short sudden jerks, as a result of improper use of the clutch → colloq.
► KLIP to place a stone under a vehicle’s wheel to stop it running away downhill → L19 S. Afr. sl.
► KNOCK COMMISSION OUT OF to damage a vehicle by excessive use → 1940s sl.
► MONKEY WRENCH to repair a car or truck engine → 1961 US sl.
► MOTIVATE to go, esp. in a motor vehicle → 1955 Amer. sl.
► MOTORVATE to go in a vehicle → 1978 Amer. sl.
► PANCAKE to lower the body of an automobile → 1980s African-American & teen sl.
► PUT ONE’S FOOT DOWN to accelerate and drive a vehicle fast → 1930s sl.
► PUT ONE’S FOOT ON THE FLOOR to accelerate a motorcar → 1920s sl.
► RAKE to lower the front end of a car → 1970 US sl.
► RING to fraudulently change the identity of a car → 1967 sl.
► ROD UP to convert a car by giving it a very powerful engine to make it go fast → 1970s US sl.
► SAIL to ride or drive in a vehicle of any kind → 1904 Sc.
► SIT ON CHROME to possess an automobile that is fitted with chrome rims on the wheels → 2000 African-American sl.
► SKEETCH to hang onto the back of a vehicle in order to be pulled when one is on skates, a sled, skis, etc. → 1979 Amer. dial.
► SPLACK to steal a car, esp. by shattering the steering column → 1993 US sl.
► SWING to turn a starting handle in order to start a motor vehicle → 1927 colloq.
► TRIG to place a stone or block of wood, etc. to prevent a wheel from running back on a descent → 1815 Amer. dial.
► UNLOAD to get off or out of a vehicle → 20C US sl.
► VEHICULATE to travel, ride, or drive in a vehicle → 1843 chiefly humorous usage
► WRITE ONESELF OFF to have a motor accident →  Aust. sl.