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flat-spot

flat-spot verb: to cause a flat spot on (a vehicle tyre), usually by locking the wheels under heaving braking.

Verb

flat-spot (third-person singular simple present flat-spots, present participle flat-spotting, simple past and past participle flat-spotted)

  1. To cause a flat spot on (a vehicle tyre), usually by locking the wheels under heaving braking.
    • Hamilton locked up at turn three and flat-spotted his right front tyre.

Forms of flat-spot

third-person singular presentflat-spots
present participleflat-spotting
past participleflat-spotted
pastflat-spotted

Questions about flat-spot

What does flat-spot mean?
Flat-spot means to cause a flat spot on (a vehicle tyre), usually by locking the wheels under heaving braking.
What part of speech is flat-spot?
Flat-spot is a verb.
What is the past tense of flat-spot?
The past tense of flat-spot is flat-spotted.

Words near flat-spot in the dictionary

  1. flat-screen
  2. flat-screens
  3. flat-sit
  4. flat-sits
  5. flat-sitting
  6. flat-spot
  7. flat-spots
  8. flat-spotted
  9. flat-spotting
  10. flat-tail sea snake
  11. flat-tail sea snakes

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