noun
General Slang
Bear bite
· noun · trucker
A speeding ticket handed out by the cops.
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Definitions
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CB-radio shorthand for a speeding ticket. The cops are 'bears,' so the citation they hand you is the bite. Stings the wallet, stings the record.
“Slowed down too late on I-80 and caught a bear bite for ninety in a seventy.”
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Bear bite In A Sentence
Slowed down too late on I-80 and caught a bear bite for ninety in a seventy.
Origin & Usage
American CB-radio trucker slang, popularised during the 1970s CB boom. 'Bear' for police traces back to Smokey Bear (the forest-service mascot), used because state troopers wear similar wide-brim hats.
Variants
bear-bite
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