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
25 May 2025
(noun) a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
