Sekirov Dictionary

flat spot

noun1

  1. A small patch of a vehicle tyre that has been flattened by abrasion with the road surface, so that the tyre is no longer smoothly circular at that point; usually caused by the wheel locking under heavy braking.

flat-spot verb1

  1. To cause a flat spot on (a vehicle tyre), usually by locking the wheels under heaving braking.
forms

flat-spotted · flat-spotting · flat-spots · flat spots

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