Fishtail

Quick meaning: Fishtail is a noun meaning The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.

Meaning

The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.

More Meanings

1. The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
2. A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
3. Ellipsis of fishtail palm.
4. (intransitive) To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
5. (transitive) To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
6. (intransitive) To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.

Example Sentences

As we approached the runway, the pilot fishtailed slightly to reduce landing speed.

She'd sprinted away like Betty Cuthbert and the blue F.J. Holden was fishtailing up the street as fast as it could go.

Having reversed at Eastbourne, I am in the trailing car, which leaps and fishtails around so much on our way to Bexhill that I have trouble writing coherent notes.

A large black and gold butterfly fish-tailed in and landed on a hydrangea bush almost at my elbow, moved its wings slowly up and down a few times, then took off heavily […]

Word Forms

• fishtails
• fishtailing
• fishtailed

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