fishtail
(verb) slow down by moving the tail sideways; “The airplane fishtailed on the runway”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fishtail (plural fishtails)
The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
fishtail (third-person singular simple present fishtails, present participle fishtailing, simple past and past participle fishtailed)
(intransitive) To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
(transitive) To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
(intransitive) To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.
Source: Wiktionary
Fish"-tail`, a.
Definition: Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 June 2025
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
