flat tyre

noun

A tyre of a motor vehicle that is deflated, especially one deflated because of a puncture when in use.

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Meanings

nounflat tyre (plural flat tyres)

plural flat tyres · alternative flat tire

  1. UKA tyre of a motor vehicle that is deflated, especially one deflated because of a puncture when in use.
  2. UKThe result of stepping on the back of another individual's shoe in an accidental act, or deliberately to bully or tease this person, so as to cause the back of the shoe to collapse under the heel.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
puncture

Translations

Catalan punxada, avaria
  • punxadadeflated tyre
  • avariadeflated tyre
Chinese Mandarin 爆胎
  • 爆胎 (bàotāi)deflated tyre
Dutch lekke band, platte band
  • lekke banddeflated tyre
  • platte banddeflated tyre
Finnish puhjennut rengas, rengasrikko
  • puhjennut rengasdeflated tyre
  • rengasrikkodeflated tyre
  • tyhjä rengasdeflated tyre
French pneu crevé, crevaison
  • pneu crevédeflated tyre
  • crevaisondeflated tyre
German Platten, platter Reifen
  • Plattendeflated tyre
  • platter Reifendeflated tyre
  • Patschendeflated tyre
  • Plattfußdeflated tyre
Hebrew פנצ׳ר, תקר
  • פנצ׳ר (páncher)deflated tyre
  • תקר (téker)deflated tyre
Hungarian gumidefekt, defekt
  • gumidefektdeflated tyre
  • defektdeflated tyre
Italian gomma a terra
  • gomma a terradeflated tyre
Japanese パンク, フラットタイヤ
  • パンク (panku)deflated tyre
  • フラットタイヤ (furattotaiya)deflated tyre
Norwegian Bokmål punktering
  • punkteringdeflated tyre
Polish guma, flak
  • gumadeflated tyre
  • flakdeflated tyre
  • kapećdeflated tyre
  • przebita oponadeflated tyre
Portuguese pneu murcho
  • pneu murchodeflated tyre
Russian спу́щенная ши́на, сду́тая ши́на
  • спу́щенная ши́на (spúščennaja šína)deflated tyre
  • сду́тая ши́на (sdútaja šína)deflated tyre
  • проко́лотая ши́на (prokólotaja šína)deflated tyre
  • проко́л (prokól)deflated tyre
Spanish llanta desinflada, neumático pinchado
  • llanta desinfladadeflated tyre
  • neumático pinchadodeflated tyre
  • pneumático ponchadadeflated tyre
  • caucho vacíodeflated tyre
  • pinchaduradeflated tyre
  • pinchazodeflated tyre
  • rueda punchadadeflated tyre
Swedish punktering (puncture), punkterat däck
  • punktering (puncture)deflated tyre
  • punkterat däckdeflated tyre
  • punkadeflated tyre
Turkish patlak lastik
  • patlak lastikdeflated tyre
Vietnamese bánh xe xẹp, bánh xe bị xì
  • bánh xe xẹpdeflated tyre
  • bánh xe bị xìdeflated tyre
  • bánh xe bểdeflated tyre
Cite this entry
APA

flat tyre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flat%20tyre

MLA

“flat tyre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flat%20tyre. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flat tyre,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flat%20tyre.

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