oversteer

Meanings

nounoversteer (countable and uncountable, plural oversteers)

countableuncountableThe 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.

verboversteer (third-person singular simple present oversteers, present participle oversteering, simple past and past participle oversteered)

present singular third person oversteers · participle present oversteering · participle past oversteered · past oversteered

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

Opposite

Opposite

Finnish yliohjautuvuus, yliohjautua

French survirage

German Übersteuern, übersteuern

Italian sovrasterzo, sovrasterzare

Norwegian Bokmål overstyring

Polish nadsterowność

Spanish sobreviraje, sobrevirar

Turkish fazla çevrime, fazla çevrimek

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