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Noun [English]

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Etymology: road + rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel. Etymology templates: {{com|en|road|rage}} road + rage Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} road rage (uncountable)
  1. (automotive, law, psychology) Uncontrollable aggressive behavior by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: road rager Related terms: roid rage
    Sense id: en-road_rage-en-noun-EVjYk4-w Categories (other): Automotive, Law, Psychology, Automotive Disambiguation of Automotive: 97 3 Topics: automotive, human-sciences, law, psychology, sciences, transport, vehicles

Verb [English]

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Etymology: road + rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel. Etymology templates: {{com|en|road|rage}} road + rage Head templates: {{en-verb}} road rage (third-person singular simple present road rages, present participle road raging, simple past and past participle road raged)
  1. (informal, transitive, intransitive) To engage in such behavior. Tags: informal, intransitive, transitive Translations (behavior): 路怒 (lùnù) (Chinese Mandarin), rattiraivo (Finnish), tieraivo (Finnish), rage au volant [feminine] (French), rage routière [feminine] (French), Wut im Straßenverkehr (German), ロード・レージ (rōdo rēji) (Japanese), agresja drogowa [feminine] (Polish), ха́мство на доро́гах (xámstvo na dorógax) [masculine] (Russian), violencia vial [feminine] (Spanish), agresión viaria [feminine] (Spanish), away-kalsada (Tagalog), away sa daan (Tagalog)
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      "word": "away-kalsada"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "lang_code": "tl",
      "sense": "behavior",
      "word": "away sa daan"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Orlando Sentinel"
  ],
  "word": "road rage"
}

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