<p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.</li><li>to slow an airplane by causing its tail to move rapidly from side to side.</li></ul><p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>such a maneuver.</li><li>a gas burner having two jets crossing each other so as to produce a flame resembling a fish's tail.</li><li>a device having a long, narrow slot at the top, placed over a gas jet, as of a Bunsen burner, to give a thin, fanlike flame.</li><li>Jewelry: a setting consisting of four prominent triangular corner prongs to hold the stone.</li></ul>