Meanings
nounroad rage (uncountable)
- uncountableautomotiveUncontrollable aggressive behavior by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:road rage.
verbroad rage (third-person singular simple present road rages, present participle road raging, simple past and past participle road raged)
present singular third person road rages · participle present road raging · participle past road raged · past road raged
Origin
road + rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 路怒
- 路怒 (lùnù)behavior
Finnish rattiraivo, tieraivo
- rattiraivobehavior
- tieraivobehavior
French rage au volant, rage routière
- rage au volantbehavior
- rage routièrebehavior
German Wut im Straßenverkehr
- Wut im Straßenverkehrbehavior
Japanese ロード・レージ
- ロード・レージ (rōdo rēji)behavior
Polish agresja drogowa
- agresja drogowabehavior
Russian ха́мство на доро́гах
- ха́мство на доро́гах (xámstvo na dorógax)behavior
Spanish violencia vial, agresión viaria
- violencia vialbehavior
- agresión viariabehavior
Tagalog away-kalsada, away sa daan
- away-kalsadabehavior
- away sa daanbehavior
Cite this entry
APA
road rage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road%20rage
MLA
“road rage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road%20rage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “road rage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/road%20rage.
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