fishtail
IPA: fˈɪʃteɪɫ
noun
- The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
- The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
- A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
- Short for fishtail palm. [Any palm in the genus Caryota; their leaflets are reminiscent of the tail-fins of a fish.]
verb
- (intransitive) To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
- (transitive) To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
- (intransitive) To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.
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