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Raretailspin
The correct spelling is tailspin.
How to pronounce tailspin
noun
Say it like: Tay-lsp-in
The correct spelling is tailspin. The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. For example: "The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin."
Usage Examples
“The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.”
“Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.”
“The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- 2.A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
- 3.Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
verb
- 1.Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
- 2.To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
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