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oversteer

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o⋅ver⋅steer

  [n. oh-ver-steer; v. oh-ver-steer]
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–noun
1. handling of an automotive vehicle that causes turns that are sharper than the driver intends because the rear wheels slide to the outside of the turn before the front wheels lose traction.
–verb (used without object)
2. (of an automotive vehicle) to undergo or handle with an oversteer, esp. excessively.
Compare understeer.

Origin:
1935–40; over- + steer 1
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o·ver·steer   (ō'vər-stîr')   
intr.v.   o·ver·steered, o·ver·steer·ing, o·ver·steers
To turn more sharply than the operator would expect. Used of vehicles, especially automobiles.
n.  

  1. An instance of oversteering.

  2. A tendency to oversteer.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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