wheelspin
verb
- spin the wheels
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.
- 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.
- 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.”
- 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.”