Usually means: Loss of traction during acceleration.
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  1. wheelspin: Merriam-Webster
  2. wheelspin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wheelspin: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Wheelspin, wheelspin: Wordnik
  5. wheelspin: Wiktionary
  6. wheelspin: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. wheelspin: Dictionary.com
  8. Wheelspin (video game), Wheelspin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (wheelspin)

noun:  (automotive) The spinning of the wheels of a vehicle on the surface of the ground with greatly reduced friction and little movement of the vehicle, especially when starting.
verb:  To drive with poor traction, so that the vehicle exhibits a wheelspin.
verb:  To throw up (debris) from a wheelspin.

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