tailspin

Noun

 * 1)  The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
 * 2)  A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.
 * 3)  Any sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.
 * 4) * 2010 September, Chris Sommers, "Merge", 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.
 * 1) * 2010 September, Chris Sommers, "Merge", 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.
 * 1) * 2010 September, Chris Sommers, "Merge", 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.

Translations

 * French:
 * Japanese: 錐揉み
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Verb

 * 1) Of an aircraft: to go into a rapid, uncontrollable descent in a steep spiral.
 * 2)  To go into a sharp, sustained, often uncontrollable descent or decline.

Translations

 * French: tomber en vrille
 * Spanish: entrar en barrena


 * Spanish: tomber en chute libre