oversteer

Meanings

Noun

• The condition in which the rear wheels of a car don't follow the desired curve while cornering, the rear wheels losing a degree of traction and so skidding off the required line into a spin.

Verb

• to lose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels

Related

Opposite words

• understeer

Origin

• over- + steer