wheelspin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonym: wheelslip"
- "A computer detects wheelspin and reduces power."
- "It was not unusual to see an ice cream van wheelspin away, dragging a runner into the service hatch as it went, especially on the police patches: […]"
- "When, suddenly and inexplicably, the car had started he had wheelspun away from the kerb in his effort to keep it going."
- "Once my rifle was empty I would need to run across the road and put a bullet into everyone’s brain but it didn’t look like I’d get the chance because suddenly the Merc wheelspan forward and away."
- "As soon as the way was clear, Pete threw his Harley into gear and wheelspan out of the showroom and off up Bedford Hill, leaving exhaust fumes and a wall of sound in his wake."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English spin English wheelspin From wheel + spin.