dune bashing
n.— «He lets out some of the air from the wheels of the jeep. This is to reduce the pressure for what is called “dune bashing”—or desert driving—which has been previously described to us as an “Arabian roller coaster ride.”» —“Dazzled by Dubai” by Ayesha Inoon Sunday Times (Colombo, Sri Lanka) Jan. 28, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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