brakes
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1.5
- noun
- /breɪks/
- Specialized
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frenos
- The mechanic recommended replacing my car's brakes to ensure it stops safely.
- brakes screeching
- brakes squealing
- hit the brakes
I have the tendency to hold the brakes too long.
- I have the tendency to hold the brakes too long.
- Then our flight got cancelled because the airplanes brakes stopped working.
- Alright, Well that's a problem 'cause these boats don't have brakes, they just have trim.
- So, for example, when antilock brakes first appeared, no one told you.
- It's it's this you're driving a car that has no fucking brakes and only high gear.
- You know, they just, they just did something that caused you to hit the brakes and you got angry.
- Hold up, hit the brakes, yo bitch, ride skates.
Examples
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So, for example, when antilock brakes first appeared, no one told you.
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Like if you have a car whose brakes are broken, it's dangerous.
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So when I hit the brakes, we went, I went flying.
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You got to have new brakes, man, new suspension.
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I have the tendency to hold the brakes too long.
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Huge wheels, huge grip, huge brakes, and huge power.
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As we're pulling up, he slams the brakes and everybody goes boom.
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Then our flight got cancelled because the airplanes brakes stopped working.
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He hit the brakes and this thing came sliding back.
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And I yelled Chris, and we hit the brakes and I jumped out of the car.
Synonyms
413
1.6
A part of a vehicle that makes the wheels slow down or stop when you press a pedal
3
3.2
A round metal part beside a wheel that slows the wheel when pads press both sides
1
2.7
A set of parts that make a vehicle like a car slow down or stop when you press the pedal
1
4.8
A device that stops a vehicle wheel by pressing curved metal pieces inside a round drum
1
3.5
A vehicle system that helps the driver stop with less force
1
3.2
A pedal you press with your foot to slow a vehicle
A system that uses liquid pressure to push pads and stop a vehicle
A brake system that uses fluid pressure to move pads and stop a vehicle
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A brake system that uses fluid pressure to move pads and stop a vehicle
How Effective
- Specialized
1
3.5
- Specialized
6
1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word brakes comes from an old word like break, which means 'to stop', so brakes are the parts that 'break' a wheel's movement to make a car slow down or stop.