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fishtail
fish·tail F0149700 (fĭsh′tāl′)adj. Resembling or suggestive of the tail of a fish in shape or movement.intr.v. fish·tailed, fish·tail·ing, fish·tails 1. To have the rear end of a forward-moving vehicle swerve from side to side out of control: The truck fishtailed on the icy road.2. To swing the tail of an airplane from side to side in order to reduce speed.fishtail (ˈfɪʃˌteɪl) n1. (Aeronautics) an aeroplane manoeuvre in which the tail is moved from side to side to reduce speed2. (Chemistry) a nozzle having a long narrow slot at the top, placed over a Bunsen burner to produce a thin fanlike flamevb (intr) 3. (Aeronautics) to slow an aeroplane by moving the tail from side to side4. (Automotive Engineering) to drive with the rear of the vehicle moving from side to side in an uncontrolled fashionfish•tail (ˈfɪʃˌteɪl)
v.i. 1. to have the back end skid uncontrollably from side to side. 2. to slow an airplane by causing its tail to move rapidly from side to side. [1925–30; Amer.] fishtail
Past participle: fishtailed
Gerund: fishtailing
| Imperative |
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| fishtail | | fishtail |
| Present |
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| I fishtail | | you fishtail | | he/she/it fishtails | | we fishtail | | you fishtail | | they fishtail |
| Preterite |
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| I fishtailed | | you fishtailed | | he/she/it fishtailed | | we fishtailed | | you fishtailed | | they fishtailed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am fishtailing | | you are fishtailing | | he/she/it is fishtailing | | we are fishtailing | | you are fishtailing | | they are fishtailing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have fishtailed | | you have fishtailed | | he/she/it has fishtailed | | we have fishtailed | | you have fishtailed | | they have fishtailed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was fishtailing | | you were fishtailing | | he/she/it was fishtailing | | we were fishtailing | | you were fishtailing | | they were fishtailing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had fishtailed | | you had fishtailed | | he/she/it had fishtailed | | we had fishtailed | | you had fishtailed | | they had fishtailed |
| Future |
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| I will fishtail | | you will fishtail | | he/she/it will fishtail | | we will fishtail | | you will fishtail | | they will fishtail |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have fishtailed | | you will have fishtailed | | he/she/it will have fishtailed | | we will have fishtailed | | you will have fishtailed | | they will have fishtailed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be fishtailing | | you will be fishtailing | | he/she/it will be fishtailing | | we will be fishtailing | | you will be fishtailing | | they will be fishtailing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been fishtailing | | you have been fishtailing | | he/she/it has been fishtailing | | we have been fishtailing | | you have been fishtailing | | they have been fishtailing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been fishtailing | | you will have been fishtailing | | he/she/it will have been fishtailing | | we will have been fishtailing | | you will have been fishtailing | | they will have been fishtailing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been fishtailing | | you had been fishtailing | | he/she/it had been fishtailing | | we had been fishtailing | | you had been fishtailing | | they had been fishtailing |
| Conditional |
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| I would fishtail | | you would fishtail | | he/she/it would fishtail | | we would fishtail | | you would fishtail | | they would fishtail |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have fishtailed | | you would have fishtailed | | he/she/it would have fishtailed | | we would have fishtailed | | you would have fishtailed | | they would have fishtailed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | fishtail - slow down by moving the tail sideways; "The airplane fishtailed on the runway"decelerate, slow down - reduce the speed of; "He slowed down the car" |
Translationsfishtail
fishtailOf a vehicle, for its rear to slide erratically from side to side on the road (likened to a fish's tail moving back and forth). The roads are pretty icy today, and I saw a couple of cars fishtail coming around that corner.fishtail in. [for the rear of a car] to whip back and forth like a fish moving its tail. The caddy fishtailed on the curb and almost spun around. fishtail
fishtail1. Aeronautics an aeroplane manoeuvre in which the tail is moved from side to side to reduce speed 2. Engineering a nozzle having a long narrow slot at the top, placed over a Bunsen burner to produce a thin fanlike flame fishtail[′fish‚tāl] (metallurgy) Excess metal trailing on the end of a roll forging. fishtailA wedge-shaped piece of wood used as part of the soffit form between tapered end pans in concrete joist construction.fishtail
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