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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
tailspin
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
tailspin

"downward spiraling dive of an aircraft," 1916, from tail (n.1) + spin (n.). Figurative sense of "state of loss of control" is from 1928.

Wiktionary
tailspin

n. 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.

WordNet
tailspin
  1. n. loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse

  2. rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral [syn: spin]

Wikipedia
Tailspin (disambiguation)

A tailspin is a rapid, high-rotation descent of an airplane.

Tailspin may also refer to:

  • Loss of direction and stability in life, possibly due to loss of self-control
  • "Tailspin" (1934 song), a 1934 song written by Jimmy Dorsey and Frankie Trumbauer
  • "Tailspin", a song by American rock band moe. from their 2007 album The Conch
  • "Tailspin", a song by guitarist Vinnie Moore from his 2007 album To the Core
  • Tailspin, the name of DandiLion Park's signature roller coaster
  • Tailspin (Transformers), a fictional character
  • Tailspin: Behind the Korean Airliner Tragedy, the US title of the 1989 British television movie Coded Hostile, telling the story of Korean Air Flight 007
  • TaleSpin, an animated cartoon series that used characters from the Disney animated movie The Jungle Book
Tailspin (1934 song)

Tailspin is a 1934 song written by Jimmy Dorsey and Frankie Trumbauer. The song was released by Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra featuring Frankie Trumbauer in 1934 on Victor and by The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra in 1935 as a Decca single.

The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra recorded the song on February 6, 1935 in New York and released it as a 78 single in 1935 on Decca Records, 560B. The record was re-released in 1942 as Decca 4202B, Matrix # 39342. The song was published in 1934 by Robbins Music in New York.

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.