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PIT maneuver

PIT maneuver noun: a technique in which a pursuing car bumps the rear fender of a pursued car, causing it to spin out, in order to terminate a car chase.

pit maneuver: a technique in which a pursuing car bumps the rear fender of a pursued car, causing it to spin out,...
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Noun

PIT maneuver (plural PIT maneuvers)

  1. A technique in which a pursuing car bumps the rear fender of a pursued car, causing it to spin out, in order to terminate a car chase.

Forms of PIT maneuver

pluralPIT maneuvers

Questions about PIT maneuver

What does PIT maneuver mean?
PIT maneuver means a technique in which a pursuing car bumps the rear fender of a pursued car, causing it to spin out, in order to terminate a car chase.
What part of speech is PIT maneuver?
PIT maneuver is a noun.
What is the plural of PIT maneuver?
The plural of PIT maneuver is PIT maneuvers.

Words near PIT maneuver in the dictionary

  1. pit helmets
  2. pit lane
  3. pit lanes
  4. pit lizard
  5. pit lizards
  6. PIT maneuver
  7. PIT maneuvers
  8. pit nutter
  9. pit nutters
  10. pit of despair
  11. pit of the stomach

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