Word · Travel & transport
petrol-gambling
verb
/pe-trol-gam-bling/
Definition
The terrifying, high-stakes game of ignoring the '0 Miles to Empty' warning purely out of a refusal to pay motorway service station prices.
In use
“I was petrol-gambling hard on the A1 and almost ended up on the hard shoulder.”
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Language
- Language form
- verb
- Pronunciation
- /pe-trol-gam-bling/
Classification
- Life domain
- Everyday life
- Topic
- Travel & transport
History
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