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tail slide

tail slide is the alternative form of tailslide.

Meaning of tailslide

Noun

tailslide (plural tailslides)

  1. A backwards movement of a stalled aircraft at the top of a vertical climb.
  2. Any of several maneuvers, of a car, skateboard etc., in which the rear moves faster than the front.

Forms of tail slide

pluraltail slides

Questions about tail slide

What is tail slide the alternative form of?
Tail slide is the alternative form of tailslide.

Words near tail slide in the dictionary

  1. tail risks
  2. tail rotor
  3. tail rotors
  4. tail slate
  5. tail slates
  6. tail slide
  7. tail slides
  8. tail stall
  9. tail stalls
  10. tail swing
  11. tail tap

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