- a thick rubber ring that fits around the edge of a wheel of a car, bicycle, etc.
- a front/rear tire
- to pump up a tire
- a flat tire
- a burst/punctured tire
- bald/worn tires
- Someone had slashed the tires on her car.
- He drove off with a screech of tires.
- Remember to check your tire pressure regularly.
Word Originverb Old English tēorian ‘fail, come to an end’, also ‘become physically exhausted’, of unknown origin.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See tire in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarykick the tires (North American English)
(British English kick the tyres)
- to test the quality of something to see whether it is suitable for you before you buy it
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