Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roostertail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: roost-er-tail
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat.

verb

To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently.

verb

To move rapidly through water, leaving a roostertail wake.

Example Sentences

"A roostertail of snow kicked up behind me."
"The red dust of Tanguieta rolling and roostertailing behind us."
"The shiny new aluminum tribal Jet-Boat roostertailed up the river, straight for us, kicking up a wake that rocked our boat hard enough to knock the cards off the cooler."

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

roostertails (plural) rooster-tail (alternative) roostertails (present, singular) roostertailing (participle, present) roostertailed (participle, past) roostertailed (past)

Questions

What does roostertail mean?: A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat.
Where does roostertail come from?: From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail.

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