The shenanigans on Wall Street have sent the economy into a tailspin.
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Tailspin
Synonyms for "tailspin" (15 found)
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10 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- romahdus noun (A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown)
- romahdus noun (Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline)
French
3 entries- chute libre noun (Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline)
- vrille noun (The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral)
- tomber en vrille verb (Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral)
Japanese
1 entries- 錐揉み noun (The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral)
Polish
1 entries- korkociąg noun (The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral)
Russian
1 entries- што́пор noun (The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral)
Spanish
2 entries- entrar en barrena verb (Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral)
- tomber en chute libre verb (To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline)
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6 total sentences available.
The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.
Source: wiktionary
Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.
Source: wiktionary
The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.
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