car bomb

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

Noun

car bomb (plural car bombs)

1. An automobile laden with a large amount of explosives, and used as a bomb primarily in order to cause external damage.
2. An explosive device installed in an automobile with the primary purpose of killing the occupants of the car.
3. (slang) Flatulence in an enclosed automobile.
4. An alcoholic beverage made by dropping a shot of liquor into a glass of beer.

Synonyms

• (alcoholic beverage): boilermaker, depth charge

Translations

automobile made into a bomb

• Arabic: سَيَّارَةٌ مُفَخَّخَةٌ f (sayyāratun mufaḵḵaḵatun)
• Danish: bilbombe c
• Dutch: bomauto (nl) m
• Finnish: autopommi (fi)
• French: voiture piégée (fr) f
• German: Autobombe (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bilbombe m or f

  Nynorsk: bilbombe f

• Portuguese: carro-bomba (pt) m

explosive device installed in an automobile

• Afrikaans: motorbom
• Danish: bilbombe c
• Dutch: autobom (nl) f
• Finnish: autopommi (fi)
• German: Autobombe (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bilbombe m or f

  Nynorsk: bilbombe f

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: carro-bomba (pt) m
• Swedish: bilbomb (sv) c

flatulence in an enclosed automobile

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

alcoholic beverage

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Barcomb