EGAVE

oversteer

About 0.02 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. verb To lose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels
  3. verb To steer a vehicle too far in one direction.

Similar words

understeer overshift overdrift overdeviation backover skewing divagation dysversion way-sliding upset

Often followed by

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Word family

oversteers

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