"roll the trucks" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: rolls the trucks [present, singular, third-person], rolling the trucks [participle, present], rolled the trucks [participle, past], rolled the trucks [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=roll the trucks}} roll the trucks (third-person singular simple present rolls the trucks, present participle rolling the trucks, simple past and past participle rolled the trucks)
  1. (aviation, slang, intransitive) To alert and deploy ARFF emergency vehicles to the scene of an aircraft accident, incident, or emergency landing on or near an airport. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-roll_the_trucks-en-verb-5Hxn05uO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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