Meaning

2 senses
  1. To make physical contact with another motorized vehicles while driving.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see trade, paint.

Origin

When a car or similar vehicle bumps into or scrapes another car, some of the paint may com

When a car or similar vehicle bumps into or scrapes another car, some of the paint may come off.

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Forms

trades paint, trading paint, traded paint, traded paint
Base formtrade paint · to trade paint
3rd person singulartrades paint
Present participletrading paint
Past simpletraded paint
Past participletraded paint

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytrade paint
he, she, ittrades paint

Past simpleLesson

all personstraded paint

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave traded paint
he, she, ithas traded paint

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill trade paint

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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