1The spray of water thrown up behind a speedboat or surfboard.
〈北美，非正式〉（快艇或冲浪板激起的）艉急流，羽状水柱
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I was spared the effort of a snappy retort by Steve opening up the engines and hitting a swift and smooth 25 knots which had the youngsters' mouths falling open at the sight of the rooster tail appearing at the stern.
Send up some rooster tails as you zip across the lake on water skis.
The big outboards pushed the skiffs along through the tea brown waters at full speed, the propellers throwing up rooster tails of water.
Looking to the stern I could see a big white water rooster tail created by the power of the outboard motors as they took us further offshore.
Just when I thought it was impossible for them to avoid a carbon-splintering collision, the two drivers deftly spun their helms and both boats shot head-to-wind, white rooster tails exploding out from under their scooped sterns.
The water in front of us slices upward in a mighty rooster tail of spray as a speedboat pivots into a turn.
1.1A spray of dust, gravel, etc. thrown up behind a motor vehicle.
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On lap 3, Bahlsen crossed the line with a rooster tail of oily smoke bellowing out of his stricken block and proceeded to take the first corner dumping lots of it all over the racing line before he noticed and stopped.
The Dart sprayed a rooster tail of gravel as he pulled away.
Lee launched himself like a bullet, kicking up dust over 50 feet tall, leaving a rooster tail of rock and dirt in his wake.
Definition of rooster tail in US English:
rooster tail
noun
North American informal
The spray of water thrown up behind a speedboat or surfboard.
〈北美，非正式〉（快艇或冲浪板激起的）艉急流，羽状水柱
Example sentencesExamples
Looking to the stern I could see a big white water rooster tail created by the power of the outboard motors as they took us further offshore.
The big outboards pushed the skiffs along through the tea brown waters at full speed, the propellers throwing up rooster tails of water.
Just when I thought it was impossible for them to avoid a carbon-splintering collision, the two drivers deftly spun their helms and both boats shot head-to-wind, white rooster tails exploding out from under their scooped sterns.
Send up some rooster tails as you zip across the lake on water skis.
The water in front of us slices upward in a mighty rooster tail of spray as a speedboat pivots into a turn.
I was spared the effort of a snappy retort by Steve opening up the engines and hitting a swift and smooth 25 knots which had the youngsters' mouths falling open at the sight of the rooster tail appearing at the stern.