Results for “spinning your wheels”

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Spinning
noun

Slipping hot IPO shares to executives to win their company's banking business.

#finance#wall-street#ipo#ethics
wheels
noun

Impressive legs — or full-size 45lb plates.

#gym#fitness#legs#plates
spin your wheels
phrase

To expend effort without making progress.

#corporate#office#work#idiom
yeetus
noun

Fall Guys' giant spinning hammer that launches beans across the map.

#fall guys#battle royale#obstacle
whitey
noun

That spinning, clammy, about-to-boak feeling after too much.

#scottish#drinking#weed#british
swangas
noun

Protruding 30-spoke wire wheels fitted to Houston slabs — also called elbows.

#texas#hip-hop#houston#cars
elbows
noun

Houston name for the long horizontally protruding wire wheels on a slab.

#texas#hip-hop#houston#cars
125
noun

A 125cc scooter — drill's preferred ride-out wheels.

#uk-drill#london#ride-out#transport
Gumball machine
noun

Cop car — named for the spinning dome lights on top.

#trucker#cb-radio#police#slang
pop, dip and spin
noun phrase

The original name for voguing, back when it was all about popping the arms, dropping into dips and spinning between them.

#ballroom#vogue#lgbtq#dance
shove-it
noun

Spinning the board 180 flat under you while your feet stay put.

#skater#surf#trick#rotation
bluntslide
noun

A slide propped up on the tail with the wheels on top of the ledge.

#skater#surf#trick#slide
manual
noun

Rolling balanced on just the back two wheels, like a wheelie.

#skater#surf#trick#balance
nose manual
noun

A manual balanced on the front two wheels instead of the back.

#skater#surf#trick#balance
frontside
adjective

Approaching or spinning so your chest faces the obstacle.

#skater#surf#direction#fundamental
backside
adjective

Approaching or spinning so your back faces the obstacle.

#skater#surf#direction#fundamental
trucks
noun

The metal axle assemblies that hold the wheels and let you turn.

#skater#surf#hardware#equipment
bunny hop
noun

Lifting both wheels off the ground at once; the base of nearly every BMX trick.

#skater#surf#bmx#trick
barspin
noun

Spinning the handlebars a full 360 degrees and catching them mid-air.

#skater#surf#bmx#trick
goofy-footed
adjective

Naturally spinning or leading toward the forward foot.

#skater#surf#bmx#stance
dubs
noun

Twenty-inch wheels, the BMX standard.

#skater#surf#bmx#gear
kickturn
noun

Lifting the nose and pivoting on the back wheels to change direction.

#skater#surf#skateboarding#technique
Burn Rubber
verb

To accelerate hard, spinning the tires — or to leave somewhere fast.

#1950s#greaser#rockabilly#vintage
Tin Lizzie
noun

America's affectionate nickname for the Ford Model T, the car that put the nation on wheels.

#1920s#flapper#jazz-age#vintage