countersteer

C3O1U1N1T1E1R1S1T1E1E1R1

verb

To steer (a vehicle) in the opposite direction at the beginning of a turn in order to adjust the rider's center of gravity.

Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbcountersteer (third-person singular simple present countersteers, present participle countersteering, simple past and past participle countersteered)

present singular third person countersteers · participle present countersteering · participle past countersteered · past countersteered

  1. transitiveTo steer (a vehicle) in the opposite direction at the beginning of a turn in order to adjust the rider's center of gravity.
nouncountersteer (plural countersteers)

plural countersteers

  1. The act of steering in this manner.

    […] a countersteer to the right to avoid an obstacle and a countersteer to the left to keep your motorcycle on the highway.

    1979, American Motorcyclist, volume 33, number 7, page 16

Origin

From counter- + steer.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish vastaohjata
  • vastaohjatasteer a vehicle in the opposite direction
French contre-braquer
  • contre-braquersteer a vehicle in the opposite direction
German gegenlenken, gegensteuern
  • gegenlenkensteer a vehicle in the opposite direction
  • gegensteuernsteer a vehicle in the opposite direction
Italian controsterzare
  • controsterzaresteer a vehicle in the opposite direction
Polish stosować przeciwskręt
  • stosować przeciwskrętsteer a vehicle in the opposite direction
Cite this entry
APA

countersteer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countersteer

MLA

“countersteer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countersteer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “countersteer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/countersteer.

Source: countersteer on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.