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How to pronounce “tailspin”
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Pronunciation guide for tailspin
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of tailspin with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Penelope Boston: Life on Mars? Let's look in the caves 19 minutes
which sent the Western world into a hysterical tailspin.
- Definition summary
- (aviation) The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce tailspin
Penelope Boston: Life on Mars? Let's look in the caves 19 minutes
which sent the Western world into a hysterical tailspin.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “tailspin”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (aviation) The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
- (figuratively) A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
- (figuratively) Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
- [Verb]
- Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
- (figurative) To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
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