powerslide

noun

pow·​er·​slide ˈpau̇(-ə)r-ˌslīd 

plural powerslides

: a deliberate, controlled skid by a vehicle turning through a corner at high speed : drift entry 1 sense 5f

It's spectacular motor sport—belting around a dirt oval track, pitching a car sideways into the corners and sliding around them in a powerslide, throwing dirt out to the crash fence, all while fending off a pack of perhaps 18 other cars doing the same thing.

—Stuart Innes

powerslide intransitive verb

powerslid ˈpau̇(-ə)r-ˌslid  ; powersliding; powerslides

Instead of dealing with the white stuff by driving with trepidation, rally drivers adopt a rather more exciting technique for coping with grip deficiency—they powerslide.

—Dan Prosser

Examples of powerslide in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The feature is designed to ostensibly modulate the driver's throttle inputs to allow the car to step out and hold a powerslide when asked to do so. —Bradley Iger, Ars Technica, 25 Oct. 2020

Word History

Etymology

power entry 1 + slide entry 2

First Known Use

1960, in the meaning defined above