Meaning of moonshiner's turn | Babel Free

Definitions

A rapid illegal U-turn performed by putting the car in neutral and applying the hand brake, thereby producing a controlled skid, with the car still moving backwards when forward power is again applied.

US, colloquial

Examples

“Did you see⟳ the moonshiner’s turn⟳ he pulled in that chase⟳ scene?”

“One sure way to cause an accident is with your basic "moonshiner's" or "bootlegger's" turn⟳. Whiz down the road at about sixty or seventy, throw⟳ the gearshift into neutral, cut⟳ the wheel to the left, and hit the emergency brake with one good wallop while holding the brake release⟳ out with your left hand.”

CEFR level