Usually means: Chaotic car-switching street game.
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  1. Chinese fire drill: Merriam-Webster
  2. Chinese fire drill: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Chinese fire drill: Wiktionary
  4. Chinese fire drill: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Chinese fire drill: Dictionary.com
  6. Chinese fire drill: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. Chinese Fire Drill: The Word Detective
  8. Chinese fire drill: Merriam-Webster

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  1. Chinese Fire Drill: 1960's Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (Chinese fire drill)

noun:  (US) A prank performed while stopped in a car at a red light, and where each passenger, including the driver, shouts "Chinese fire drill", exits the vehicle, runs at least once around it, then re-enters, each taking a different seat.
noun:  (US, derogatory) A silly, pointless exercise.

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