Tailspin

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Noun

tailspin

1. The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.

   The loss of the third engine threw the plane into a tailspin.

2. A severe mental or emotional collapse; emotional breakdown.

   Just hours after leaving the institution, she suffered another tailspin.

3. A sharp, sustained, often uncontrolable descent.

   The present stock tailspin proves bankruptcy is imminent.

Translations

Spanish: barrena f.