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Answer for the clue "Swerving from side to side ", 11 letters:
fishtailing

Word definitions for fishtailing in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
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 ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
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.