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moonshiners' turns

moonshiners' turns is the plural of moonshiner's turn.

Meaning of moonshiner's turn

Noun

moonshiner's turn (plural moonshiners' turns)

  1. (US, colloquial) A rapid illegal U-turn performed by putting the car in neutral and applying the hand brake, thereby producing a controlled skid, with the car still moving backwards when forward power is again applied.
    • Did you see the moonshiner’s turn he pulled in that chase scene?

Questions about moonshiners' turns

What is moonshiners' turns the plural of?
Moonshiners' turns is the plural of moonshiner's turn.

Words near moonshiners' turns in the dictionary

  1. moonshine pudding
  2. moonshined
  3. moonshiner
  4. moonshiner's turn
  5. moonshiners
  6. moonshiners' turns
  7. moonshines
  8. moonshiney
  9. moonshining
  10. moonshiny
  11. moonship

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