TAILSPIN — Definition of TAILSPIN
noun
1
The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
2
A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
3
Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.
verb
1
Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
2
To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
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