English Explanatory Dictionary

roostertail

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat.
verb
  1. To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently.
  2. To move rapidly through water, leaving a roostertail wake.

Word forms

roostertail roostertails rooster-tail roostertailing roostertailed

Etymology

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

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