underride

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ ride.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌʌndəˈraɪd/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

underride (plural underrides)

  1. (automotive, road transport) A vehicle accident in which one vehicle partially slides underneath another.

Verb

underride (third-person singular simple present underrides, present participle underriding, simple past underrode, past participle underridden)

  1. (automotive, road transport) The action of a vehicle sliding under another in the context of an accident.
    • 1968, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Implementation of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966: Hearing, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session, to Review the Progress of the Department of Transportation in Implementing the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966. April 25, 1968, U.S. Government Printing Office, page 189:
      Also needed, they said, is better design to prevent fuel-tank rupture and to prevent low vehicles from underriding trucks and buses.
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