| TAILS | • tails n. Plural of tail. • tails n. (Slang) Clipping of tailcoat. • tails n. The side of a coin that doesn’t bear the picture of the head of state or similar. |
| TAILSKID | • tailskid n. (Aviation) A piece of metal or wood used, like a tailwheel, to support the tail of an aircraft on the ground. • TAILSKID n. a support on which the tail of a plane rests. |
| TAILSPIN | • tailspin n. (Aviation) The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral. • tailspin n. (Figuratively) A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown. • tailspin n. (Figuratively) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline. |
| TAILSPUN | • tailspun v. Simple past tense and past participle of tailspin. • TAILSPIN v. to perform a kind of spin in an aeroplane. |
| TAILSKIDS | • tailskids n. Plural of tailskid. • TAILSKID n. a support on which the tail of a plane rests. |
| TAILSLIDE | • tailslide n. A backwards movement of a stalled aircraft at the top of a vertical climb. • tailslide n. Any of several maneuvers, of a car, skateboard etc., in which the rear moves faster than the front. • tail␣slide n. Alternative form of tailslide. |
| TAILSPINS | • tailspins n. Plural of tailspin. • TAILSPIN v. to perform a kind of spin in an aeroplane. |
| TAILSTOCK | • tailstock n. The part of a lathe that supports the object being worked along its rotatory axis. • TAILSTOCK n. a slidable casting mounted on a lathe, aligned with the headstock, used to support the free end of the piece being worked on. |
| TAILSLIDES | • tailslides n. Plural of tailslide. • tail␣slides n. Plural of tail slide. • TAILSLIDE n. an aerobatic manoeuvre in which an aircraft that has been put into a steep climb stalls and loses height by slipping backwards. |
| TAILSTOCKS | • tailstocks n. Plural of tailstock. • TAILSTOCK n. a slidable casting mounted on a lathe, aligned with the headstock, used to support the free end of the piece being worked on. |
| TAILSPINNED | • tailspinned v. Simple past tense and past participle of tailspin. • TAILSPIN v. to perform a kind of spin in an aeroplane. |
| TAILSPINNING | • tailspinning v. Present participle of tailspin. • TAILSPIN v. to perform a kind of spin in an aeroplane. |