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Grammar : Verb
Spell : fish-teyl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪʃˌteɪl


Definition of fish-tail

Origin :
  • 1840, from fish (n.) + tail (n.). As a verb, 1927, originally of aircraft, later automobiles. Related: Fishtailed; fishtailing.
  • As in wag : verb wiggle back and forth
Example sentences :
  • The other, shaped like a fish-tail, sent it to right or left.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys in the Clouds » by Clarence Young
  • There was a train of a fish-tail sort, a little twitching afterthought.
  • Extract from : « What Will People Say? » by Rupert Hughes
  • The gas-jet is on at the full—or rather the tap is, for the fish-tail burner doesn't realise its ideal.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan
  • A blast-lamp is likely to be more useful here than the fish-tail burner.
  • Extract from : « Laboratory Manual of Glass-Blowing » by Francis C. Frary
  • But Bob was made of different stuff, and he began now to work the boat along by paddling softly, fish-tail fashion.
  • Extract from : « Quicksilver » by George Manville Fenn
  • But he shifted the fish-tail rudder, and the Comet obediently swerved over closer to the big, humming June bug.
  • Extract from : « The Motor Boys in the Clouds » by Clarence Young
  • Only on this side the fish-tail (so to speak) had a nick in it; and through that nick ran the path to the old quarry.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • The forequarters of a goat with fish-tail is the traditional form for this sign handed on from the Roman Zodiac.
  • Extract from : « Leadwork » by W. R. Lethaby
  • What, that big beast that looks as if it was made of india-rubber, with long whiskers and a sort of fish-tail?
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 » by Various
  • No accumulation of filth in every hue—of shell, and gill, and fish-tail—can disgust me.
  • Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I » by Various

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