Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
96 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Agitate the Gravel |
To leave |
|
|
Back Seat Bingo |
Necking in the car |
|
|
Bad News |
Depressing person |
|
|
Bash |
Great party |
|
|
Bent eight |
V-8 Engine |
|
|
Big daddy |
Older person |
|
|
Big tickle |
really funny |
|
|
Blow off |
to defeat in a race |
|
|
Burn Rubber |
to accelerate very quickly |
|
|
Chariot |
car |
|
|
Cherry |
An unaltered car (hot rodders) later: anything attractive |
|
|
Chrome |
plated, dressed up |
|
|
Classy chasis |
Great body |
|
|
Cloud 9 |
really happy |
|
|
Clutched |
rejected |
|
|
Clyde |
Form of address |
|
|
Cook/Cookin' |
Doing it well |
|
|
Cranked |
Excited |
|
|
Cream |
To damage a car |
|
|
Cube |
normal person |
|
|
Cut the gas |
to be quiet |
|
|
Cut out |
to leave |
|
|
Deuce |
1932 Ford |
|
|
Dolly |
cute girl |
|
|
Drag |
Short race; or a Bore |
|
|
Duck Butt (D.A) |
Hairstyle of greasers where hair is combed to the middle then parted with a comb |
|
|
Earthbound |
Reliable |
|
|
Epistle |
Letter |
|
|
Fake Out |
A bad date |
|
|
Fast |
Someone who is promiscuous |
|
|
Fat City |
A great thing or place |
|
|
Flat Out |
As fast as you can |
|
|
Flat-top |
A men's hairstyle, a crew-cut that is flat across the top. |
|
|
Flip Top |
convertible car |
|
|
Fracture |
To amuse |
|
|
Fream |
Someone who doesn't fit in |
|
|
Frosted |
Angry |
|
|
Get Bent! |
Disparaging remark, similar in meaning to "Drop Dead" |
|
|
Go ape |
Get excited |
|
|
Go for Pinks |
Race where the stakes are the car's pink slips |
|
|
Goopy |
Messy |
|
|
Goose it |
Accelerate completely |
|
|
Greaser |
A guy with a lot of grease in his hair |
|
|
Heat |
Police |
|
|
Hep |
Cool (or someone who knows the situation) |
|
|
Hopped up |
A car that's modded for speed |
|
|
Horn |
Telephone |
|
|
Illuminations |
Good ideas |
|
|
In orbit |
In the know |
|
|
Jacked up |
Car with a raised rear end |
|
|
Jelly Roll |
Men's hairstyle that's combed up on both sides and is brought together in the middle of his forehead. |
|
|
Jets |
smarts/brains |
|
|
Lay a Patch to |
To accelerate so quickly that you leave a patch of rubber on the road |
|
|
Lighter |
a crewcut |
|
|
Made in the Shade |
guaranteed success |
|
|
Meanwhile, back at the ranch |
From old TV westerns, used to get a story teller back on track |
|
|
Mirror warmer |
A piece of pastel fabric tied around the review mirror. |
|
|
Nest |
hair-do |
|
|
Nod |
Drift off to sleep |
|
|
Nosebleed |
As in, "hey, nosebleed!" Not a compliment |
|
|
Nuggets |
Loose change |
|
|
Off the Line |
Start of a drag race |
|
|
On the stick |
Prepared, Pulled together |
|
|
Pad |
Home |
|
|
Paper Shaker |
Cheerleader |
|
|
Passion Pit |
Drive in movie theater |
|
|
Peepers |
Glasses |
|
|
Pop the Clutch |
To release the clutch pedal quickly to get a fast start |
|
|
Put down |
Beat up |
|
|
Radioactive |
Very popular |
|
|
Rag top |
Convertible car |
|
|
Rattle your cage |
To get upset |
|
|
Raunchy |
Gross or messy |
|
|
Rap |
To tattle on someone |
|
|
Razz my berries |
Excite or impress me |
|
|
Rock |
A diamond |
|
|
Rocket |
Car |
|
|
Rod |
Car |
|
|
Royal shaft |
Badly or unfairly treated |
|
|
Scream |
Go fast |
|
|
Screamer |
A hot rod |
|
|
Shot down |
Failed |
|
|
Shuck/Shuckster |
Deceiver or liar/cheat |
|
|
Sides |
Vinyl |
|
|
Sing |
To tattle |
|
|
Sounds |
Music |
|
|
Souped up |
A car modified to go fast |
|
|
Submarine Races |
While waiting for "Submarines to race" couples found creative ways to pass the time |
|
|
Subterranean |
A hipster |
|
|
Tank |
A large Sedan |
|
|
Wazoo |
Your rear end |
|
|
Weed |
A cigarette |
|
|
Wet rag |
Someone who's not fun |
|
|
Word from the Bird |
The truth |
|
|
What's buzzin, cuzzin? |
What's new? |
|
|
Wheetlie |
Left the car's front wheels off the ground by rapid acceleration |
