- spin (noun)also tail spin
- a state of rapidly increasing depression or confusion
tailspin
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tailspin
noun
- The rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep, spiral spin.
- Informal A loss of emotional control sometimes resulting in emotional collapse.
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Noun
(plural tailspins)
- The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
- A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
- Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
- Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
- The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.
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