ALL meanings of tailspin
tail·spin
T t - noun tailspin spin (def 23). 1
- noun tailspin a sudden and helpless collapse into failure, confusion, or the like. 1
- verb without object tailspin to take or experience a sudden and dramatic downturn: After the mill closes, the local economy may tailspin. 1
- noun tailspin aircraft: downward spiral 1
- noun tailspin downward spiral, descent 1
- intransitive verb tailspin plummet, collapse 1
- singular noun tailspin If something such as an industry or an economy goes into a tailspin, it begins to perform very badly or to fail. 0
- singular noun tailspin If an aircraft goes into a tailspin, it falls very rapidly toward the ground in a spiral movement. 0
- noun tailspin a state of confusion or panic 0
- noun tailspin spin (sense 21) 0
- noun tailspin a state of rapidly increasing depression or confusion 0