(slang) To drive on pavement at high speed.
(slang) To drive on pavement at high speed.
We burned the air that night as you burned pavement in faux drag racing, me struggling to keep my jaw from slackening as I discovered that you shared my artistic vision, indeed my whole world view.
"burn pavement" means: To drive on pavement at high speed.. There is a drug-related reference, so this is one worth noticing without overreacting. Many teens encounter such vocabulary through music, film and friends without any direct involvement. A neutral, curious conversation about where they heard the term and what they understand by it is far more useful than a confrontation. Watch for repeated context, not a single word.
"burn pavement" means: To drive on pavement at high speed.. Register: informal slang, fine in casual conversation, texting and social media but not in academic essays, business writing or formal speech. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
"burn pavement" means: To drive on pavement at high speed.. There is a drug-related reference, so this is one worth noticing without overreacting. Many teens encounter such vocabulary through music, film and friends without any direct involvement. A neutral, curious conversation about where they heard the term and what they understand by it is far more useful than a confrontation. Watch for repeated context, not a single word.
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(slang, humorous) The badly damaged bodily remains of a person who has jumped or fallen from a great height.
(US, slang, humorous) Roadkill.
(UK, Australia, slang, humorous) A patch of vomit on the pavement, road or ground.
(slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To move quickly; to go or leave quickly.
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(now, chiefly, in technical contexts) A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.