bootlegger reverse

noun

An automobile driving maneuver where the driver puts the vehicle in a controlled skid in order to quickly reverse the vehicle's bearing to the opposite direction.

Similar
handbrake turnmoonshiner's turn
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Meanings

nounbootlegger reverse (plural bootlegger reverses)

plural bootlegger reverses

  1. USautomotiveAn automobile driving maneuver where the driver puts the vehicle in a controlled skid in order to quickly reverse the vehicle's bearing to the opposite direction.

    Synonyms: handbrake turn, moonshiner's turn

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn automobile driving maneuver where the driver puts the vehicle in a controlled skid in order to quickly reverse the vehicle's bearing to the opposite direction.

Similar
handbrake turnmoonshiner's turn
Also see
handbrake turnmoonshiner's turn

Translations

Finnish käsijarrukäännös
  • käsijarrukäännösdriving maenuver
Polish zawracanie na wstecznym biegu
  • zawracanie na wstecznym biegudriving maenuver
Cite this entry
APA

bootlegger reverse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootlegger%20reverse

MLA

“bootlegger reverse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootlegger%20reverse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bootlegger reverse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bootlegger%20reverse.

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