oversteer

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English steer

English oversteer

From over- + steer.

Noun

oversteer (countable and uncountable, plural oversteers)

2. 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.

Antonyms

• understeer

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: yliohjautuvuus (fi)
• French: survirage (fr) m
• German: Übersteuern n
• Italian: sovrasterzo (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: overstyring (no) m or f

• Polish: nadsterowność f
• Spanish: sobreviraje (es) m
• Turkish: fazla çevrime

Verb

oversteer (third-person singular simple present oversteers, present participle oversteering, simple past and past participle oversteered)

1. To lose the control of one's vehicle in a corner due to rear wheels sliding and not following the front wheels
2. To steer a vehicle too far in one direction.

Antonyms

• understeer

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: yliohjautua
• German: übersteuern (de)
• Italian: sovrasterzare
• Spanish: sobrevirar (es)
• Turkish: fazla çevrimek