tailspinnoun
uk/ˈteɪlˌspɪn/us/ˈteɪlˌspɪn/[ C usually singular ] a situation in which a plane turns round and round as it falls quickly towards the ground
[ S ] a situation in which something starts to fail or lose value and gets more and more out of control:
Share prices went into a tailspin when the CEO resigned.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revolving, rotating and spinning
- centrifugal
- centripetal
- Foucault pendulum
- go round
- gyrate
- in rotation idiom
- rev
- rotate
- rotation
- round and round idiom
- rpm
- sidespin
- span
- spin
- spin (sb) around
- swing
- twiddle
- twirly
- wheel
- wheel round
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