flat tire

noun

1. a pneumatic tire that has lost all or most of its air through leakage, puncture, or the like.
2. Older Slang. a dull or socially inept person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of flat tire¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

For another, the woman who had incurred the flat was a new rider who was extremely grateful for the assistance, and the last thing we need is people giving up on bikes because of the twin indignities of flat tires and condescending schmucks.

From Outside Online

His voice breaking at times, he recounted the story of a young disabled veteran who helped Powell when his car got a flat tire on the Beltway.

From Washington Post

He fixed his own flat tires—seven of them as of Sunday, when he answered a few questions for Outside—and when his last spare inner tube punctured, he used the repair kit from his sleeping pad to patch it until he could buy a replacement tube.

From Outside Online

In terms Wall Streeters can understand, it would be like your Porsche getting a flat tire.

From The Daily Beast

The only cure that I know of for a boy or girl with a flat tire is more of God's uplifting strength.

From Project Gutenberg

Because of a flat tire, the driver stopped the car beside a little stream in which two extremely pretty girls were bathing.

From Project Gutenberg

A loud report like a pistol shot: a flat tire down on our car: that was all.

From Project Gutenberg

The lamp was loosened from the wheel and turned on the flat tire, and both boys got close to find the puncture.

From Project Gutenberg

He covered that half block on a flat tire and went in for help.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• pain in the neck
• wimp