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roost·er-tail

(ro͞o′stər-tāl′)
intr.v. roos·ter-tailed, roos·ter-tail·ing, roos·ter-tails
To move or turn in such a way as to project a rooster tail: "I got the car cranked and we rooster-tailed out of there" (Roy Blount).
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