road testnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈrəʊd ˌtest/us/ˈroʊd ˌtest/road test noun [ C ] (TEST FOR CAR/DRIVER)
If you give a car a road test, you drive it to test its safety or how well it works.
US a test of a driver's ability to control a vehicle, which must be passed in order to get official permission to drive
See also
driving test
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On the road: driving & operating road vehicles
- aquaplaning
- back sth up
- boxed in
- bump start
- bump start
- bus driver
- car seat
- carve
- corner
- dip
- driver
- driving
- foot
- hold the road idiom
- manoeuvring
- motor
- motorist
- pull away
- scorch
- turning circle
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road test noun [ C ] (TEST OF PRODUCT/IDEA)
the act of trying something such as a product or idea, in order to find out whether it works well:
We ran a road test on two new digital radios.
road testverb [ T ]
also road-testto try something such as a product or idea, in order to find out whether it works well:
The company may offer free samples of its skincare products so you can road test them.
The author road-tested her children's stories on her own kids.