ALL meanings of fishtail
fish·tail
F f - noun fishtail An object that is forked like a fish’s tail. 1
- verb without object fishtail to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car. 1
- verb without object fishtail to slow an airplane by causing its tail to move rapidly from side to side. 1
- noun fishtail such a maneuver. 1
- noun fishtail a gas burner having two jets crossing each other so as to produce a flame resembling a fish's tail. 1
- noun fishtail 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. 1
- noun fishtail Jewelry. a setting consisting of four prominent triangular corner prongs to hold the stone. 1
- intransitive verb fishtail If a vehicle fishtails, the rear of the vehicle swings around in an uncontrolled way while the vehicle is moving. 0
- noun fishtail an aeroplane manoeuvre in which the tail is moved from side to side to reduce speed 0
- noun fishtail a nozzle having a long narrow slot at the top, placed over a Bunsen burner to produce a thin fanlike flame 0
- verb fishtail to slow an aeroplane by moving the tail from side to side 0
- verb fishtail to drive with the rear of the vehicle moving from side to side in an uncontrolled fashion 0
- intransitive verb fishtail to swing the tail of an airplane from side to side in order to reduce speed after landing 0
- intransitive verb fishtail to move forward with a side-to-side, swinging motion of the rear end 0