Meaning

(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..

Definitions by Sense

1. (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.
2. To drive with poor traction, so that the vehicle exhibits a wheelspin.
3. To throw up (debris) from a wheelspin.

Example Sentences

Near-synonym: wheelslip

A computer detects wheelspin and reduces power.

It was not unusual to see an ice cream van wheelspin away, dragging a runner into the service hatch as it went, especially on the police patches: […]

When, suddenly and inexplicably, the car had started he had wheelspun away from the kerb in his effort to keep it going.

Once my rifle was empty I would need to run across the road and put a bullet into everyone’s brain but it didn’t look like I’d get the chance because suddenly the Merc wheelspan forward and away.

As soon as the way was clear, Pete threw his Harley into gear and wheelspan out of the showroom and off up Bedford Hill, leaving exhaust fumes and a wall of sound in his wake.

In the end the Fiesta just wheelspinned off down Deepdale – it was pretty obvious they wouldn’t bring it on the field; it would’ve fallen apart. As the car drove off there was a sad kind of feeling – it was very very late.

We screamed as we wheelspinned round corners, we made up stories on the dark roads to frighten ourselves, and turned up Junior’s CD to full blast, singing at the top of our voices.

Word Forms

• wheelspins
• wheelspinning
• wheelspun
• wheelspan
• wheelspinned

Synonyms for wheelspin

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When Should You Use Wheelspin?

Use wheelspin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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