taco
v.— «He ran over the bike and just kept going.…It tacoed my rims, bent my sprocket and it may have bent the frame.» —“Patrol Car Batters Bike; Rider Upset” by Scott Steepleton Los Angeles Times June 13, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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