Sekirov Dictionary

tailspin

noun 3
verb 2
forms 4

noun3

•
The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
•
(figurative) A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
- Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
•
(figurative) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
- The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.

verb2

Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
(figurative) To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.

forms

tailspinned · tailspun · tailspinning · tailspins

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