wheelspin

== English == === Etymology === From wheel + spin. === Noun === wheelspin (usually uncountable, plural wheelspins) (automotive) The spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting. Hypernym: spin Coordinate term: wheelslide Near-synonym: wheelslip ==== Translations ==== === Verb === wheelspin (third-person singular simple present wheelspins, present participle wheelspinning, simple past wheelspun or wheelspan or wheelspinned, past participle wheelspun or wheelspinned) To drive with poor traction, so that the vehicle exhibits a wheelspin. To throw up (debris) from a wheelspin. ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === pinwheels