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General Slang
Bear in the air
· phrase · trucker
A cop watching traffic from a plane or chopper.
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Definitions
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Police aircraft — usually a small plane or helicopter — clocking speeders from above. Painted timing strips on the shoulder give it away. Radar detector won't save you from this one.
“Watch your hammer, there's a bear in the air working this stretch.”
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Bear in the air In A Sentence
Watch your hammer, there's a bear in the air working this stretch.
Origin & Usage
1970s American CB-radio trucker slang. Rhymes, sticks, spreads — the rhyme is half the reason it survived.
Variants
bear in the sky
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