rooster tail

  • 1rooster-tail — roost·er tail (ro͞oʹstər tāl ) intr.v. roos·ter ·tailed, roos·ter ·tail·ing, roos·ter ·tails To move or turn in such a way as to project a rooster tail: “I got the car cranked and we rooster tailed out of there” (Roy Blount). * * * …

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  • 2rooster tail — /ˈrustə teɪl/ (say roohstuh tayl) noun 1. the feathered tail of a rooster. 2. Colloquial the plume of dust, snow, etc., raised by a speeding car or motorcycle …

  • 3rooster tail — noun Date: 1946 a high arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier …

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  • 4rooster tail — the wake thrown up behind a speeding boat or the dust thrown up behind a speeding vehicle. [1945 50] * * * …

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  • 5rooster tail — noun N. Amer. informal the spray of water thrown up behind a speedboat or surfboard. ↘a spray of dust, gravel, etc. thrown up behind a motor vehicle …

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  • 6rooster tail — noun : the arching white water and spray cast up astern by a motorboat or other object moving through the water at a fast rate …

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  • 7Tail Dragger — 2008 Tail Dragger (* 30. September 1940 in Altheimer, Jefferson County, Arkansas als James Yancey Jones) ist ein US amerikanischer Bluessänger. Inhaltsverzeichnis …

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  • 8Rooster — Cockadoodledoo and Cocka doodle doo redirect here. For the nursery rhyme, see Cock a doodle doo. For other uses, see Rooster (disambiguation). A rooster, showing wattles, earlobes and comb …

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  • 9The Rooster Prince — The Rooster Prince, also sometimes translated as The Turkey Prince, is a Jewish mashal or parable told by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov form of Hasidic Judaism. It was first told orally, and later published by Nathan of Breslov …

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  • 10roostertail — [ro͞os′tər tāl΄] n. a full spray or cloud, as of water in the wake of a speeding boat or dust from a speeding car: also written rooster tail * * * rooster tail n. A projected mass of fine particles, as of water or snow, having an arced shape… …

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