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roostertail

noun

Etymology

From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail.

  1. derived from *deḱ-✻
  2. derived from *doḱ-✻
  3. inherited from *taglą✻
  4. inherited from *tagl✻
  5. inherited from tæġl
  6. inherited from tail
  7. compounded as roostertail — “rooster + tail”

Definitions

  1. A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat.

    • A roostertail of snow kicked up behind me.

  2. To pour like a fountain

    To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently.

    • The red dust of Tanguieta rolling and roostertailing behind us.

  3. To move rapidly through water, leaving a roostertail wake.

    • The shiny new aluminum tribal Jet-Boat roostertailed up the river, straight for us, kicking up a wake that rocked our boat hard enough to knock the cards off the cooler.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA