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tailbutter

tailbutter verb: to spin on the tail of the board while keeping the nose off the snow.

Verb

tailbutter (third-person singular simple present tailbutters, present participle tailbuttering, simple past and past participle tailbuttered)

  1. (intransitive) To spin on the tail of the board while keeping the nose off the snow.

Forms of tailbutter

third-person singular presenttailbutters
present participletailbuttering
past participletailbuttered
pasttailbuttered

Origin of tailbutter

From tail + butter.

Questions about tailbutter

What does tailbutter mean?
Tailbutter means to spin on the tail of the board while keeping the nose off the snow.
What part of speech is tailbutter?
Tailbutter is a verb.
What is the past tense of tailbutter?
The past tense of tailbutter is tailbuttered.

Words near tailbutter in the dictionary

  1. tailbones
  2. tailboom
  3. tailbooms
  4. tailbud
  5. tailbuds
  6. tailbutter
  7. tailbuttered
  8. tailbuttering
  9. tailbutters
  10. tailcoat
  11. tailcoated

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