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fishtail

/ˈfɪʃteɪl/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
  2. The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
  3. A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
  4. To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
  5. To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
  6. To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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