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flat tire

American  

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.

Etymology

Origin of flat tire

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

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It's not like you can drive your car down the road, get a flat tire, pull over, fix it and keep going.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

We also help each other out if anything goes wrong—a flat tire or something.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

Once, he said, King saw that he was changing a flat tire on his car and offered to lend him his jack.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

He’s disarmingly earnest, the kind of guy who’d offer to help you fix a flat tire in a snowstorm.

From Salon • May 22, 2024

The three of them were around the car, in the middle of the lot, checking out the flat tire.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin

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