tailspin

Meaning of tailspin

noun
  1. The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
    The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
  2. A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
    Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
  3. Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
    The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.
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.

Information about tailspin

  • The plural form of tailspin is: tailspins.
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Hyphenation of tailspin

tail-spin

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • tailspin is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

tailspin synonyms

Meaning spin:

spin

Anagrams of tailspin

Alpinist, alpinist, antislip, pintails, planitis

Words that rhyme with tailspin

spin, bespin, clothespin, despin, respin, sidespin, Crispin, Krispin, crispin, gispin, backspin, wheelspin, downspin, unspin, isospin, topspin, upspin, fingerspin, interspin, overspin, underspin, outspin, hydroxytaxuspin

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