Synonyms for fishtail
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fish-teyl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪʃˌteɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for fishtail Other synonyms for the word fishtail
- be unsteady
- fish-tail
- fishtail
- flicker
- flutter
- lash
- librate
- move side to side
- nod
- oscillate
- palpitate
- pendulate
- pitch
- pivot
- quiver
- reel
- ripple
- rock
- roll
- shake
- shimmy
- stagger
- stir
- sway
- swing
- switch
- swivel
- teeter-totter
- thrash
- toss
- totter
- twitch
- undulate
- vary
- vibrate
- waddle
- wag
- waggle
- waltz
- wave
- whirl
- wiggle
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for fishtail
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