oversteer

Speech parts

1. oversteer - Noun

2. oversteer - Verb

Meaning

oversteer (plural oversteers)

The condition in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve while cornering, the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding off the required line into a spin.

oversteer (third-person singular simple present oversteers, present participle oversteering, simple past and past participle oversteered)

to lose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels

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Examples

I’d hit the throttle expecting oversteer or understeer and it gripped and ran away. Source: Internet

“Now is not the time to steady the ship or try not to oversteer. Source: Internet

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