"tailbutter" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-tailbutter.wav Forms: tailbutters [present, singular, third-person], tailbuttering [participle, present], tailbuttered [participle, past], tailbuttered [past]
Etymology: From tail + butter. Etymology templates: {{com|en|tail|butter}} tail + butter Head templates: {{en-verb|tailbutters|tailbuttering|tailbuttered|tailbuttered}} tailbutter (third-person singular simple present tailbutters, present participle tailbuttering, simple past and past participle tailbuttered)
  1. (skiing, snowboarding, intransitive) To spin on the tail of the board while keeping the nose off the snow. Tags: intransitive

Inflected forms

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          "tail",
          "tail"
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          "board",
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          "snow"
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        "(skiing, snowboarding, intransitive) To spin on the tail of the board while keeping the nose off the snow."
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          "board"
        ],
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          "nose"
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