1. tailwind - Noun
2. tailwind - Verb
(nautical, physics) A wind that blows in the same direction as the course taken by an aircraft, sailing ship, bird, etc.
(figuratively, by extension) A force that accelerates progress.
tailwind (third-person singular simple present tailwinds, present participle tailwinding, simple past and past participle tailwinded)
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.
Being smarter gives you a tailwind throughout life. People who are more intelligent earn more, live longer, get divorced less, are less likely to get addicted to alcohol and tobacco, and their children live longer. Steven Pinker
He gets a tailwind who bothers to wait. Swedish Proverb
After all, a rising tide lifts all boats, and the big tailwind for the stock market since the 2009 lows has also lifted microcap penny stocks, too. Source: Internet
After a period of slowing growth, high inflation, an unstable currency and a looming debt crisis, his government has a tailwind of renewed confidence, helped by a flow of offshore oil to add to Ghana’s traditional exports, gold and cocoa. Source: Internet
As the 1980s continued, market conditions for rutile began to provide the operation with a favourable tailwind. Source: Internet
He lacks the media range of a Morton Downey or the metalhead mass appeal of Axl Rose, but he has exactly their audience, plus the tailwind of the late-1980s fervor for "comedy" behind him and the demagogue's genius for the lowest common denominator. Source: Internet