rooster tail
noun
: a high arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier
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The aerodynamic downforce generated by the cars sends up huge rooster tails of spray from the rear diffusers, with more water pumped into the airflow by the treaded intermediate or wet tires.
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ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
Instead, pre-rinse anything that has more than a modest rooster tail of grit on it; just one or two hand soaks and rinses is enough to get most of the gunk out.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 17 July 2021
Byron and Logano said the visibility was next to zero on the track's two high-speed straights because of the rooster tail of spray spit out by the cars ahead.
—Jim Vertuno, Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
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ArsTechnica, 7 July 2025
Instead, pre-rinse anything that has more than a modest rooster tail of grit on it; just one or two hand soaks and rinses is enough to get most of the gunk out.
—Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 17 July 2021
Byron and Logano said the visibility was next to zero on the track's two high-speed straights because of the rooster tail of spray spit out by the cars ahead.
—Jim Vertuno, Star Tribune, 22 May 2021
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“Rooster tail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooster%20tail. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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