Twin ... I'd have thought this was the same as tyre "creep", which was one of the things that I was told to check for during the daily inspection, when I first learned to fly. I'm pretty sure that "creep" happens for a lot of reasons other than touching the brakes after take-off.
When flying my first retractable u/c aircraft, I well remember the instructor telling me to touch the brakes after take-off, to ensure the wheels had stopped spinning before retraction. I'm not aware of any prangs that could be attributed to this practice, but have seen many instances of tyre creep.
I'm still inclined to stop the tyres rotating before retracting them these days. And if I'm in any doubt about the amount of creep that I detect, I'll always get an engineers opinion about replacement because I know that it could spoil me day if I ignored it.
Any other ideas out there?