oversteer
noun
over·steer
| \ ˈō-vər-ˌstir
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Definition of oversteer
: the tendency of an automobile to steer into a sharper turn than the driver intends sometimes with a thrusting of the rear to the outside
also
: the action or an instance of oversteer
Examples of oversteer in a Sentence
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Lift-throttle oversteer was much on everyone's minds. — Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics, "20 Things You Didn't Know About The 2020 Corvette," 19 July 2019 The result was that the car tended to oversteer (tail-wag) if the correct tire pressures of 15 psi front and 26 psi rear weren’t observed, but the oversteering situation was considered minimal and not dangerous. — David Krumboltz, The Mercury News, "Me & My Car: ’62 Corvair convertible hadn’t moved in 13 years," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'oversteer.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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