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roostertailing

roostertailing is the present participle and gerund 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 roostertailing

What is roostertailing the present participle and gerund of?
Roostertailing is the present participle and gerund of roostertail.

Words near roostertailing in the dictionary

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

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