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wheelspin

verb

  1. spin the wheels
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English spin English wheelspin From wheel + spin.

  1. The spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting.

    Near-synonym: wheelslip

    A computer detects wheelspin and reduces power.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English spin English wheelspin From wheel + spin.

  1. To drive with poor traction, so that the vehicle exhibits a wheelspin.

    It was not unusual to see an ice cream van wheelspin away, dragging a runner into the service hatch as it went, especially on the police patches: […]

    When, suddenly and inexplicably, the car had started he had wheelspun away from the kerb in his effort to keep it going.

  2. To throw up (debris) from a wheelspin.

    With only small encouragement from me, and using skills learned on a racing track, he gunned his Land-Rover forward, cut up the saloon and wheelspan a few stones its way as we turned down an unsurfaced track.