brake check

English

Alternative forms

• brake-check

Verb

brake check (third-person singular simple present brake checks, present participle brake checking, simple past and past participle brake checked)

1. (automotive) To deliberately brake in an unexpected place to hinder or startle the driver behind.

   Synonym: brake test

   • 2020, Renée Santos, “Caught On Camera: Driver ‘Brake Checks’ Vehicle, Causing Driver To Lose Control On Highway 50”, in CBS Sacramento:

     The CHP said it’s seeing an increase in reports of people being more aggressive on the road. “If somebody honks, they’ll honk back. If somebody cuts them off, they will brake check and they will go back and forth,” said Officer Ceja.