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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. slow down by moving the tail sideways;
- Example: "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fish-tail \Fish"-tail`\, a. Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

fishtail \fishtail\ v. t. (aeronautics) to slow down by moving the tail sideways, of an airplane. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

fishtail \fishtail\ v. i. to have the rear end skid from side to side, out of control: -- said of automobiles or other vehicles. [PJC] Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail propeller (Steamship), a propeller with a single blade that oscillates like the tail of a fish when swimming. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

fishtail v 1: slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"