chatter bump

chatter bump
 n.— «Running over the Chatter Bumps was teeth jarring to a driver and shook the car and its parts unmercifully.» —by James Schefter All Corvettes Are Red Jan. 1, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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