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roostertail

n. A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat. vb. To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently.

Usage examples of "roostertail".

As Gentry paced and talked, his blond roostertail bobbing each time he spun on a black bootheel, his excitement seemed to counter the lingering effects of Cherry's sleep-derms.

Gentry agreed, nodding thoughtfully, his disheveled roostertail bobbing.

He locked one track then threw the other into full drive, spinning up a roostertail of dirt and rocking the seven-thousand-ton gun sideways down the hill.

And soon the white spot of a roostertail of white spray churned up in the wake of a fast-approaching hull.

A fanfare sounded as local space came to life with starbursts, roostertails, and fountains of brilliant color.

The other Highball cars were braking in roostertails of red sparks as their skirts skidded on concrete.

They saw the dust plumes first, like, the roostertails of motorboats, yellow in the diminishing light.