rooster tail
noun
: a high arching spray (as of water, dust, or snow) thrown up behind a fast-moving motorboat, motor vehicle, or skier
Examples of rooster tail in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
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.
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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
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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Word History
First Known Use
1934, in the meaning defined above
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“Rooster tail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rooster%20tail. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.
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