spinout

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noun

spin·out ˈspin-ˌau̇t

: a rotational skid by an automobile that usually causes it to leave the roadway

spin out

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verb

spun out; spinning out; spins out

intransitive verb

: to make a rotational skid in an automobile

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Noun

The Colorado Department of Transportation implemented a safety closure in this section of Summit County due to heavy snow accumulation causing multiple vehicle spinouts. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024 Flashback: Since the spinout from National Data Corp., Global Payments has regularly inked large deals. —

Lucinda Shen, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024

Verb

There is a real risk that the situation in post-Assad Syria will spin out of control and that the country will devolve into not only open conflict between armed groups but also myriad individual acts of revenge and bloody score-settling. —

Sam Heller, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2024 After striking the box truck, the Honda then spun out of control and veered across multiple lanes before striking the rear of a tractor-trailer, according to the warrant affidavit. —

Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 10 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for spinout