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Plane's sudden descent
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tailspin
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Word definitions for tailspin in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But I don't go into a tailspin over it. ▪ Its shares went into a tailspin . ▪ Lenny's career went into a tailspin when he decided personality mattered more than material. ▪ The economy went into a tailspin .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"downward spiraling dive of an aircraft," 1916, from tail (n.1) + spin (n.). Figurative sense of "state of loss of control" is from 1928.
Usage examples of tailspin.
Her senses immediately went into a tailspin, her face felt hot, her body quivery.
The velocity of the heavier car swung the Mercedes into a centrifugal tailspin, almost welding it to the side of the Mafia vehicle in another shattering impact.
Reason Three: she does not go into an emotional tailspin after the act of love even if her thoughts trend toward death then, like yours do.
For some disconnected reason, he had the Super Six on his mind: Neddy, Huey, Deli Bob, Bernie, Tailspin Tommy.
Two years ago, something like this would have broken me, sent me into a tailspin of agony and despair and suicidal self-pity.
George heaved a vinous sigh that sent a neighboring fly into an alcoholic tailspin.
If Dugan didn't come out of his tailspin in thirty or forty seconds, he would haul ass.