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tailspin

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary

tailspin /ˈtālˌspin, ˈteɪlˌspɪn /
noun an aircraft's diving descent combined with rotation.
a state or situation characterized by chaos, panic, or loss of control:
the rise in interest rates sent the stock market into a tailspin.
verb
(tailspins, tailspinning; past and past participle tailspun)
[no object] become out of control:
an economy tailspinning into chaos.
– ORIGIN First World War : from tail1 + spin ( noun).