screen test
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Meaning · English
Synonym of rough ride.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
One of the reasons for the charges was knowledge of a tradition among some police of what they called in Baltimore "a rough ride" (Fernandez, 2015). The practice is to place a handcuffed prisoner face-down in the back of a police van without securing him to the seat, and then intentionally driving i
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “screen test” mean?
Synonym of rough ride.
Is “screen test” formal or informal?
screen test is generally slang.