Tag

#transport

32 words tagged “transport”

hoss road
noun

The street. Literally the 'horse road' — the bit where the traffic goes.

#brummie#black country#transport#midlands
botero
noun

Fixed-route taxi driver (Cuba)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
ped
noun

A moped. The drill ride-out vehicle of choice.

#uk-drill#london#ride-out#transport
camión
noun

Bus (in Mexico)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
boreen
noun

A narrow rural lane in the Irish countryside.

#irish#ireland#countryside#transport
yipeta
noun

An SUV (DR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
Cattle Truck
noun

GI slang for the cramped troop transport that hauled men packed in like livestock.

#1940s#wartime#swing#vintage
jobe
noun

A taxi — Liverpool's word for flagging a cab.

#scouse#liverpool#transport#british
sherbet dab
phrase

Cockney rhyming slang for a cab (taxi).

#cockney#london#transport#british
guagua
noun

Bus / public transport (Caribbean)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
tope
noun

Speed bump

#spanish#spanglish#latino#everyday
Tromle
noun

Verlan for 'metro' — the underground/subway, a daily-life banlieue word.

#verlan#french#argot#transport
maxi taxi
noun

A shared minibus for public transport

#caribbean#patois#transport#travel
Joe Maxi
noun

Dublin rhyming slang for a taxi.

#irish#dublin#rhyming-slang#transport
paddy wagon
noun, phrase

A police van for hauling arrestees.

#police#us#transport#historical
croggy
noun

A ride on a bike's crossbar or back

#british#regional#noun#play
botella
noun

A ride / hitchhiking (Cuba)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
parquear
verb

To park a vehicle (PR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
tapón
noun

Traffic jam (PR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
carry (someone somewhere)
verb

To drive or transport someone.

#american#regional#transport#verb
pull bull
phrase

To operate an unlicensed pirate taxi.

#caribbean#patois#transport#hustle
drive
noun

South Wales address for any bus or taxi driver — 'Cheers, drive!'

#welsh#wales#transport#british
camello
noun

Havana's humpbacked mega-bus (Cuba)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
black maria
noun, phrase

A police van for transporting prisoners.

#police#transport#uk#historical
backie
noun

A lift on the back of someone's bike.

#scottish#scotland#transport#british
chivo
noun

A bicycle (Cuba)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
sharra
noun

A motor coach — the kind you book for a works outing or a day at the seaside.

#brummie#black country#transport#midlands
zr
noun

A privately owned Bajan route-taxi van

#caribbean#patois#transport#travel
concho
noun

Shared route taxi (DR)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
almendrón
noun

A vintage American car used as a taxi (Cuba)

#spanish#spanglish#latino#transport
oxo cube
noun

Tube (London Underground) — 'on the oxo'.

#cockney#london#british#transport
125
noun

A 125cc scooter — drill's preferred ride-out wheels.

#uk-drill#london#ride-out#transport