Word Study
fishtail
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb fishtail has 1 sense
- fishtail(v = verb.change) Array - slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway" is one way to decelerate, slow down
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CIDE DICTIONARY
fishtail, v. t.
to slow down by moving the tail sideways, of an airplane. [WordNet 1.5]
fishtail, v. i.
to have the rear end skid from side to side, out of control: -- said of automobiles or other vehicles. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fishtail, n. & v.
--n. a device etc. shaped like a fish's tail.
--v.intr. move the tail of a vehicle from side to side.
--n. a device etc. shaped like a fish's tail.
--v.intr. move the tail of a vehicle from side to side.
Idiom
fishtail burner a kind of burner producing a broadening jet of flame.
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