Definition of total

total

verb - transitive

• to wreck a vehicle such that repairs would cost more than the value of the (unwrecked) vehicle.

  He totaled his car after driving home drunk from the bar.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to break, ruin, destroy.
  • See more words with the same meaning: vehicles (related to).

  Last edited on Jul 15 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 31 2009.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'to break, ruin, destroy':
Slashdot	Definitions include: to overwhelm a web site with massive amounts of traffic due to Slashdot linking to it.
kill	Definitions include: high-grade marijuana.
barf	Definitions include: to vomit.
scrog	Definitions include: to have sex.
trash	Definitions include: to destroy.
fry	Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
go caput	Definitions include: to break, to fail.
hose	Definitions include: to lie to.
f*ck up	Definitions include: to severely injure (a person) or damage or ruin (a thing.)
brick	Definitions include: very cold.
stove up	Definitions include: stiff, sore.
go kaput	Definitions include: to break, to fail.
f*cked	Definitions include: ruined.
key	Definitions include: great.
blow up	Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
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Other terms relating to 'vehicles (related to)':
burn rubber	Definitions include: to accelerate quickly in an automobile, such that the tires don't get traction with the ground and spin freely.
Valdeeze	Definitions include: to leak oil.
POS	Definitions include: acronym for "piece of shit".
rims	Definitions include: the wheels of an automobile.
blinker fluid	Definitions include: a mythical automobile component used in jokes.
outie	Definitions include: leaving, often quickly.
car surf	Definitions include: to ride on the top of a moving car.
Audi	Definitions include: see outie.
road rash	Definitions include: superficial injuries (i.e. scrapes and scratches) caused by sliding along a road.
dub	Definitions include: a $20 bag of marijuana.
lemon	Definitions include: a motor vehicle with many mechanical problems.
ground effects	Definitions include: lighting underneath the body of a car, which shines on the ground.
shoes	Definitions include: car wheels.
Audi 5000	Definitions include: to leave or exit quickly.
trunky monkey	Definitions include: a person who must travel in the trunk of a car because there are no seats left.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'total':
throw total shade	Definitions include: to give off excessive negativity and disrespect.
totally	Definitions include: statement of agreement.
total tosser	Definitions include: see tosser.

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