tailspin

tailspin

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Synonyymisanakirja

tailspin

akrobatia, taitolento, taitoliikkeiden tekeminen, temppujen tekeminen, syöksykierre, kierre, levottomuus.

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Englannin sanakirja

tailspin englanniksi

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.

4. 2010 September, Chris Sommers, "Merge", w:St. Louis Magazine|St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 77:

St. Louis, the fourth-largest U.S. city in 1900, is fading fast(..). Jobs, and airline, an educated population—all gone or in a tailspin.

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