Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fishtail
Participle: fishtailed
Gerund: fishtailing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fishtail |
| you | fishtail |
| he;she;it | fishtails |
| we | fishtail |
| you | fishtail |
| they | fishtail |
Perfect
| I | have fishtailed |
| you | have fishtailed |
| he;she;it | has fishtailed |
| we | have fishtailed |
| you | have fishtailed |
| they | have fishtailed |
Past
| I | fishtailed |
| you | fishtailed |
| he;she;it | fishtailed |
| we | fishtailed |
| you | fishtailed |
| they | fishtailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fishtailed |
| you | had fishtailed |
| he;she;it | had fishtailed |
| we | had fishtailed |
| you | had fishtailed |
| they | had fishtailed |
Future
| I | will fishtail |
| you | will fishtail |
| he;she;it | will fishtail |
| we | will fishtail |
| you | will fishtail |
| they | will fishtail |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fishtailed |
| you | will have fishtailed |
| he;she;it | will have fishtailed |
| we | will have fishtailed |
| you | will have fishtailed |
| they | will have fishtailed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fishtail |
| you | fishtail |
| he;she;it | fishtail |
| we | fishtail |
| you | fishtail |
| they | fishtail |
Perfect
| I | have fishtailed |
| you | have fishtailed |
| he;she;it | have fishtailed |
| we | have fishtailed |
| you | have fishtailed |
| they | have fishtailed |
Imperfect
| I | fishtailed |
| you | fishtailed |
| he;she;it | fishtailed |
| we | fishtailed |
| you | fishtailed |
| they | fishtailed |
Pluperfect
| I | had fishtailed |
| you | had fishtailed |
| he;she;it | had fishtailed |
| we | had fishtailed |
| you | had fishtailed |
| they | had fishtailed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fishtail |
| you | would fishtail |
| he;she;it | would fishtail |
| we | would fishtail |
| you | would fishtail |
| they | would fishtail |
Perfect
| I | would have fishtailed |
| you | would have fishtailed |
| he;she;it | would have fishtailed |
| we | would have fishtailed |
| you | would have fishtailed |
| they | would have fishtailed |
Imperative
| you | fishtail |
| we | Let's fishtail |
| you | fishtail |
Verbs conjugated like 'fishtail'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fishtail'
hightail,
disavail,
disentail,
dismail,
distain,
distil,
intail,
mismail,
shail,
abstain,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English fisch tayle, equivalent to fish + tail.
Sample Sentences
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As we approached the runway, the pilot fishtailed slightly to reduce landing speed.
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But Bruce wasn't done baiting the jocks. He fishtailed the car; it swerved and reversed direction, heading straight for the three jocks who were chasing them on foot. It looked like he was going to run the car over the three men. [2013, Jeffrey Bernhardt, The Indian: America's Waking Dream, Berkeley Radicals, War, Riots, Drugs and Revolution:]
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A large black and gold butterfly fish-tailed in and landed on a hydrangea bush almost at my elbow, moved its wings slowly up and down a few times, then took off heavily […] [1943, Raymond Chandler, The High Window, Penguin, published 2005, page 3:]
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She'd sprinted away like Betty Cuthbert and the blue F.J. Holden was fishtailing up the street as fast as it could go. [1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 99:]
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Having reversed at Eastbourne, I am in the trailing car, which leaps and fishtails around so much on our way to Bexhill that I have trouble writing coherent notes. [2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 55:]