Tailspin definition

tālspĭn
The rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep, spiral spin.
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(informal) A loss of emotional control sometimes resulting in emotional collapse.
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A state of rapidly increasing depression or confusion.
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The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.

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A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.

Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.

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Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.

The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.

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Noun

Singular:
tailspin
Plural:
tailspins

Origin of tailspin

  • Compound of tail + spin.

    From Wiktionary

Tailspin Sentence Examples

  • Look out for the red shell, because it'll knock your character into a tailspin!

  • When Jack learned the truth, that he was Billy Johnson and that Steve was his brother, it sent him into a tailspin.

  • The war's end, however, set in motion an economic tailspin that lasted for the next half-century.

  • The mere thought of divorce can send everyone involved into a tailspin.

  • The reveal sent Bo into a tailspin and created storyline fodder for years to come.

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