Meanings
plural three-point turns
- drivingAn act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa).
Near-synonym: turnabout
1 more example
The vehicles resemble something out of Thunderbirds. They have to be squat, long and narrow to fit through the body of the TBM. They also have a cab at each end, as there's no getting away with a three-point turn in a tunnel!
2022 March 23, Paul Bigland, “HS2 is just 'passing through'”, in RAIL, number 953, page 41
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa).
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 三手軚 /三手𮷗
- 三手軚 /三手𮷗 (saam¹ sau² taai⁵)an act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa)
Spanish cambio de sentido en tres maniobras, vuelta / virada / girada de / en tres puntos
- cambio de sentido en tres maniobrasan act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa)
- vuelta / virada / girada de / en tres puntosan act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa)
- giro / giramiento / viraje en Yan act of turning around a car, involving one forward turn and two backward turns (or vice-versa)
Cite this entry
three-point turn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-point%20turn
“three-point turn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/three-point%20turn. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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