"brake check" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brake checks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brake checking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brake checked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brake checked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brake checks",
        "2": "brake checking",
        "3": "brake checked",
        "4": "brake checked"
      },
      "expansion": "brake check (third-person singular simple present brake checks, present participle brake checking, simple past and past participle brake checked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Automotive",
          "orig": "en:Automotive",
          "parents": [
            "Transport",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Renée Santos, “Caught On Camera: Driver ‘Brake Checks’ Vehicle, Causing Driver To Lose Control On Highway 50”, in CBS Sacramento",
          "text": "The CHP said it’s seeing an increase in reports of people being more aggressive on the road. “If somebody honks, they’ll honk back. If somebody cuts them off, they will brake check and they will go back and forth,” said Officer Ceja.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind."
      ],
      "id": "en-brake_check-en-verb-l22ewDvM",
      "links": [
        [
          "automotive",
          "automotive"
        ],
        [
          "brake",
          "brake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(automotive) To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brake test"
        },
        {
          "word": "brake-check"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "automotive",
        "transport",
        "vehicles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brake check"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brake checks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brake checking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brake checked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brake checked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "brake checks",
        "2": "brake checking",
        "3": "brake checked",
        "4": "brake checked"
      },
      "expansion": "brake check (third-person singular simple present brake checks, present participle brake checking, simple past and past participle brake checked)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Automotive"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020, Renée Santos, “Caught On Camera: Driver ‘Brake Checks’ Vehicle, Causing Driver To Lose Control On Highway 50”, in CBS Sacramento",
          "text": "The CHP said it’s seeing an increase in reports of people being more aggressive on the road. “If somebody honks, they’ll honk back. If somebody cuts them off, they will brake check and they will go back and forth,” said Officer Ceja.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "automotive",
          "automotive"
        ],
        [
          "brake",
          "brake"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(automotive) To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "brake test"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "automotive",
        "transport",
        "vehicles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "brake-check"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brake check"
}