tank slapper

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tank slapper

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(Expression) a term, originally from motorcycling, where, in an unstable situation, the handlebars violently oscillate from side to side, so that the rider's hands "slap the tank." The term is now being used in car racing, when the steering wheel goes one way then the other, out of the driver's control (though the tank can't be slapped as in motorcycling)

Usage: As he lent the bike into a corner, a raised drain cover in the road caused the bike to go into a "tank slapper," but, as the bike was already on full-throttle, there was no more power to accelerate out of it, he crashed.

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