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tailstrikes

tailstrikes is the plural of tailstrike.

Meaning of tailstrike

Noun

tailstrike (plural tailstrikes)

  1. Unintended contact of the rear of an aircraft's fuselage with the ground during a takeoff or landing.

Questions about tailstrikes

What is tailstrikes the plural of?
Tailstrikes is the plural of tailstrike.

Words near tailstrikes in the dictionary

  1. tailstand
  2. tailstands
  3. tailstock
  4. tailstocks
  5. tailstrike
  6. tailstrikes
  7. tailswing
  8. tailtap
  9. Tailte
  10. Tailtiu
  11. Tailu

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tailstrikes (page history and authors); tailstrike (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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