tyre kicker
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (North America) tire kicker
Etymology edit
From the act of kicking the tyres of a car as part of the inspection.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun edit
tyre kicker (plural tyre kickers)
- (idiomatic) A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.
- Synonym: looker
- 2008, Business Review Weekly, volume 30, numbers 9-12, page 37:
- "Some exhibitions charge a ticket price to separate the tyre-kickers from the genuine buyers," Doherty says.
- 2011, Andrew Winter, No-Nonsense Guide to Buying and Selling Property:
- If you want get [sic] an agent excited, give him or her a listing in the "best house to sell" category. All agents love that — and why wouldn't they? The product is ready for the market, and the only challenge will be negotiating a good price and sorting serious buyers from the tyre kickers!
Translations edit
person with no actual purchasing intent
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