tailspin

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• CMU ARPABET: T EY1 L S P IH2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From tail + spin.

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• French: vrille — The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
• Japanese: 錐揉み (kirimomi) — The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
• Polish: korkociąg — The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
• Russian: што́пор (štópor) — The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
• Finnish: romahdus — A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown
• Finnish: romahdus — Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline
• French: chute libre — Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline
• French: tomber en vrille — Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral
• Spanish: entrar en barrena — Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral
• Spanish: tomber en chute libre — To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline