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tailspinning

tailspinning is the present participle and gerund of tailspin.

Meaning of tailspin

Verb

tailspin (third-person singular simple present tailspins, present participle tailspinning, simple past and past participle tailspun or tailspinned)

  1. Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
  2. (figuratively) To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.

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Questions about tailspinning

What is tailspinning the present participle and gerund of?
Tailspinning is the present participle and gerund of tailspin.

Words near tailspinning in the dictionary

  1. tailspike
  2. tailspikes
  3. tailspin
  4. tailspine
  5. tailspinned
  6. tailspinning
  7. tailspins
  8. tailspot
  9. tailspots
  10. tailspun
  11. tailstand

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