Get to know Fishtail better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like decelerate.
Fishtail in a sentence
Fishtail meaning
- The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
- The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
- A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
Synonyms of Fishtail
Using Fishtail
- The main meaning on this page is: The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this. | The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side. | A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
- Useful related words include: decelerate, slow down.
- In the example corpus, fishtail often appears in combinations such as: and fishtail, to fishtail.
Context around Fishtail
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fishtail
- In this selection, "fishtail" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sensitive, braids, used, style, skirt and exhaust stand out and add context to how "fishtail" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and a fishtail exhaust pipe and and a fishtail skirt had. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fishtail" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fishtail
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The southern fin of the fishtail is the Shannon itself. (10 words)
Sheriff Bouchard explained, "The 18-wheeler was passing the pickup on ice and began to fishtail. (16 words)
It is in Tibet’s Zayul county near the strategically sensitive “fishtail sector” of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. (20 words)
He says the officer saw the car in the rear view mirror and observed it starting to fishtail as it tried to slow to avoid the patrol car, but ended up hitting it in the rear. (36 words)
Price 1982, p. 51. The first versions of the ejector exhausts featured round outlets, while subsequent versions of the system used "fishtail" style outlets which marginally increased thrust and reduced exhaust glare for night flying. (35 words)
The body fades down to the rear, and a fishtail exhaust pipe is high-mounted on each side of the fairing, though on the single-cylinder prototype, only one side was functional. (32 words)
It can be hair bands, tree braids, twist braids, black buns, blocky braids, cornrows, microbraids, French braids, fishtail braids and so on! (22 words)
Example sentences (10)
The black velvet evening gown, which had a square neck edged with lace, puffed sleeves, and a fishtail skirt, had once belonged to Lady Ottoline.
The body fades down to the rear, and a fishtail exhaust pipe is high-mounted on each side of the fairing, though on the single-cylinder prototype, only one side was functional.
It is in Tibet’s Zayul county near the strategically sensitive “fishtail sector” of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.
The southern fin of the fishtail is the Shannon itself.
The cobalt blue gown featured a fishtail-style skirt that accentuated her silhouette and was given a quirky touch with the addition of a single peacock feather strap.
He says the officer saw the car in the rear view mirror and observed it starting to fishtail as it tried to slow to avoid the patrol car, but ended up hitting it in the rear.
Sheriff Bouchard explained, "The 18-wheeler was passing the pickup on ice and began to fishtail.
She wowed on the red-carpet in a fishtail gown by Alexander McQueen, before changing into a stunning number by Brandon Maxwell to perform her Oscar-winning song, Shallow.
It can be hair bands, tree braids, twist braids, black buns, blocky braids, cornrows, microbraids, French braids, fishtail braids and so on!
Price 1982, p. 51. The first versions of the ejector exhausts featured round outlets, while subsequent versions of the system used "fishtail" style outlets which marginally increased thrust and reduced exhaust glare for night flying.
Common combinations with fishtail
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and fishtail 2×
- to fishtail 2×