English-Finnish translations for tailspin

• syöksykierre
  yritys oli syöksykierteessä

Definition of tailspin

• The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral
• A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown
• Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline
• Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral

Examples

• The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin
• Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin
• The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent

Related words

• tails
• tailstock
• details
• pigtails
• tailstrike
• tailsitter
• piggytails
• tailskid
• heads or tails