Handbrake turn

noun

Definitions

1.nounAn automobile driving manoeuvre where the driver starts turning the vehicle and then pulls on the handbrake to make the rear tyres lose adhesion and thus cause the back of the vehicle to slide around (in the direction of the turn).

2.nounAn abrupt change of opinion.

Synonyms

bootlegger reverse broadie moonshiner's turn handbrake hand brake trail braking tailswing transbrake j-turn hill start break brake

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