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verb (used without object)
1.
to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.
2.
to slow an airplane by causing its tail to move rapidly from side to side.
noun
3.
such a maneuver.
4.
a gas burner having two jets crossing each other so as to produce a flame resembling a fish's tail.
5.
a device having a long, narrow slot at the top, placed over a gas jet, as of a Bunsen burner, to give a thin, fanlike flame.
6.
Jewelry. a setting consisting of four prominent triangular corner prongs to hold the stone.
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Fish-tail
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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fishtail (ˈfɪʃˌteɪl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an aeroplane manoeuvre in which the tail is moved from side to side to reduce speed |
| 2. | a nozzle having a long narrow slot at the top, placed over a Bunsen burner to produce a thin fanlike flame |
| —vb | |
| 3. | to slow an aeroplane by moving the tail from side to side |
| 4. | to drive with the rear of the vehicle moving from side to side in an uncontrolled fashion |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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