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tailspin definition

tail·spin (-spin′)

noun

  1. spin ()
    also tail spin
  2. a state of rapidly increasing depression or confusion

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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