interjection
General Slang
10-33
· interjection · trucker / CB
Emergency traffic — everyone else shut up and clear the channel.
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Definitions
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A call for emergency airtime. Tells everyone listening to stop transmitting so the person with the emergency can be heard clearly — wreck, medical, fire, anything serious.
“10-33, 10-33, we got a rollover on the eastbound side at mile 140, need a wrecker and EMS.”
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10-33 In A Sentence
10-33, 10-33, we got a rollover on the eastbound side at mile 140, need a wrecker and EMS.
Origin & Usage
Standard ten-code from the original 1940s Illinois State Police list, later adopted by APCO and the wider public-safety radio world. Channel 9 on CB is specifically reserved for 10-33 traffic.
Variants
ten-thirty-three
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