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Antonyms for fishtail

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fish-teyl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪʃˌteɪl

Definition of fishtail

Origin : 1840, from fish (n.) + tail (n.). As a verb, 1927, originally of aircraft, later automobiles. Related: Fishtailed; fishtailing.

As in oscillate : verb change back and forth
As in wag : verb wiggle back and forth

Example sentences :

At times, too, he was active with his Grenatenwerfer, known to the troops as the Pineapples or Fishtail.
Extract from : « The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 » by Frederick William Bewsher

The 'fishtail' was a small trench-mortar bomb, which the Germans substituted for the rifle-grenade and used with great effect.
Extract from : « Q.6.a and Other places » by Francis Buckley

Hooyah followed within hailing distance, and they kept the same relative positions until they reached Fishtail Gulch.
Extract from : « Red Hunters And the Animal People » by Charles A. Eastman

Uncle John appeared unwilling to abandon the fishtail wenches, and countered with classical texts.
Extract from : « Wilderness of Spring » by Edgar Pangborn

Cannon-mouth barrel, brass mountings and lockplate, fishtail butt.
Extract from : « A Catalogue of Early Pennsylvania and Other Firearms and Edged Weapons at "Restless Oaks" » by Henry W. Shoemaker

The mast, of a chosen trunk of fir, was set upright in a log with ends shaped like a fishtail.
Extract from : « Days of the Discoverers » by L. Lamprey

It is necessary in this case to split it and join the two pieces with a fishtail splice in the handle.
Extract from : « Hunting with the Bow and Arrow » by Saxton Pope

Yet either the batwing or the fishtail tip can be used in any common burner except the argand.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XXVI., December, 1880. » by Various

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