wheelspinning
wheelspinning is the present participle and gerund of wheelspin.
Meaning of wheelspin
Verb
wheelspin (third-person singular simple present wheelspins, present participle wheelspinning, simple past wheelspun or wheelspan or wheelspinned, past participle wheelspun or wheelspinned)
- To drive with poor traction, so that the vehicle exhibits a wheelspin.
- It was not unusual to see an ice cream van wheelspin away, dragging a runner into the service hatch as it went, especially on the police patches: […]1992, Martina Cole, Dangerous Lady, Headline, →ISBN, page 186
- To throw up (debris) from a wheelspin.
- With only small encouragement from me, and using skills learned on a racing track, he gunned his Land-Rover forward, cut up the saloon and wheelspan a few stones its way as we turned down an unsurfaced track.2007, Anthony Loyd, Another Bloody Love Letter, Headline Review, →ISBN, page 24
Questions about wheelspinning
- What is wheelspinning the present participle and gerund of?
- Wheelspinning is the present participle and gerund of wheelspin.
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