fishtail
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Motor vehiclesfishtailfish‧tail /ˈfɪʃteɪl/ verb [intransitive] American English TTCSLIDEif a vehicle or aircraft fishtails, the back end of it slides from side to side, usually because the tyres are sliding on water or ice→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusfishtail• The jeep left the road and was fishtailing violently through a stretch of gravel as the fire truck thundered by.