ride dirty

verb

To travel in a vehicle while possessing contraband, usually firearms or drugs.

Meanings

verbride dirty (third-person singular simple present rides dirty, present participle riding dirty, simple past rode dirty, past participle ridden dirty)

present singular third person rides dirty · participle present riding dirty · past rode dirty · participle past ridden dirty

  1. intransitiveslangTo travel in a vehicle while possessing contraband, usually firearms or drugs.

    “Damn Ray. Y'all fell all the way off when Charles got knocked huh?” Some said. “Y'all riding dirty now?

    2009, Shawn Powell, Criminal Error, page 84
    1 more example

    I'm the one riding dirty with all kinds of shit in the car with me. If the police stop me and search me, I'm gone for life.

    2014, Teri Woods, Anthony Fields, Angel
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