Usually means: Wind blowing in same direction.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word tailwind:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. tailwind: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. tailwind: Merriam-Webster
  3. tailwind: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. tailwind: Collins English Dictionary
  5. tailwind: Vocabulary.com
  6. Tailwind, tailwind: Wordnik
  7. tailwind: Wiktionary
  8. tailwind: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tailwind: Dictionary.com
  10. Tailwind: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. tailwind: Rhymezone
  12. tailwind: FreeDictionary.org
  13. tailwind: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. tailwind: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tailwind: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tailwind: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of Meteorology (No longer online)
  2. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See tailwinds as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (nautical, physics) A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.
noun:  (figurative, by extension) A force that accelerates progress.
verb:  Of a wind, to blow on a windmill or wind turbine in such a way that wind pressure is exerted on the wrong side of the sail or turbine assembly.

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