TAILSPIN


Meaning of TAILSPIN in English

tail ‧ spin /ˈteɪlˌspɪn/ BrE AmE noun [countable usually singular]

1 . in/into a tailspin in or into a bad situation that keeps getting worse in a way that you cannot control:

Raising interest rates could send the economy into a tailspin.

2 . when a plane falls through the air, with the front pointing downwards and the back spinning in a circle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.