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roostertailed

roostertailed is the simple past and past participle of roostertail.

Meaning of roostertail

Verb

roostertail (third-person singular simple present roostertails, present participle roostertailing, simple past and past participle roostertailed)

  1. To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently.
    • The red dust of Tanguieta rolling and roostertailing behind us.2005, Pete Watson, “The Prisoner”, in The Heart of the Lion, →ISBN
  2. To move rapidly through water, leaving a roostertail wake.
    • The shiny new aluminum tribal Jet-Boat roostertailed up the river, straight for us, kicking up a wake that rocked our boat hard enough to knock the cards off the cooler.2005, Dave Ames, A Good Life Wasted, →ISBN, page 197

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Questions about roostertailed

What is roostertailed the simple past and past participle of?
Roostertailed is the simple past and past participle of roostertail.

Words near roostertailed in the dictionary

  1. roosterness
  2. roosters
  3. roostership
  4. roosterships
  5. roostertail
  6. roostertailed
  7. roostertailing
  8. roostertails
  9. roosting
  10. roostings
  11. roostmate

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