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Swerving from side to side
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fishtailing
Word definitions for fishtailing in dictionaries
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Fishtailing is a vehicle handling problem which occurs when the rear wheels lose traction, resulting in oversteer . This can be caused by low friction surfaces (sand, gravel, rain, snow, ice, etc.). Rear-drive vehicles with sufficient power can induce this ...
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vb. (present participle of fishtail English)
Usage examples of fishtailing.
Patriot was fishtailing in about an inch of water, and he barely missed clipping the back of a big orange waste-hauler pulled up beside a building there.
The car shot backwards into Wood Lane did a handbrake turn like in the movies and sped away, northwards, fishtailing strips of rubber onto the road.