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| A | noun | |||
| 1 | tail | |||
| the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | ||||
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| 2 | stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail | |||
| the rear part of a ship | ||||
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| 3 | tail, tail assembly, empennage | |||
| the rear part of an aircraft | ||||
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| 4 | tail | |||
| (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head | ||||
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| 5 | buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass | |||
| the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" | ||||
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| 6 | tail, shadow, shadower | |||
| a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements | ||||
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| 7 | tail, tail end | |||
| any projection that resembles the tail of an animal | ||||
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| 8 | fag end, tail, tail end | |||
| the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm" | ||||
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| B | verb | |||
| 1 | tail | |||
| remove the stalk of fruits or berries | ||||
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| 2 | dock, tail, bob | |||
| remove or shorten the tail of an animal | ||||
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| 3 | chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track | |||
| go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" | ||||
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Tail and queue
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the tail wagging the dog
pinning the tail on the donkey
Propel headlong into tail
He's successful and happy. He has the world by the tail.
What does "catch by the tail" mean?
with a real sting in the engin's tail
Which is more painful, "pull the dog by the tail" or "pull the dog's tail"?
the tail of the dog
My mother will scold me if I pull my kitten's tail.
Can't make head nor tail of sth
"mouse's tail" or "mouse tail"
pin the tail on the donkey
the tail of the kite
Hang itself by tail on a tree?
twist the tail
all the money and tail in the world
tail in a spin
horse's tail switch
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long.
For any questions about this word or definition:
tail
the tail wagging the dog
pinning the tail on the donkey
Propel headlong into tail
He's successful and happy. He has the world by the tail.
What does "catch by the tail" mean?
with a real sting in the engin's tail
Which is more painful, "pull the dog by the tail" or "pull the dog's tail"?
the tail of the dog
My mother will scold me if I pull my kitten's tail.
Can't make head nor tail of sth
"mouse's tail" or "mouse tail"
pin the tail on the donkey
the tail of the kite
Hang itself by tail on a tree?
twist the tail
all the money and tail in the world
tail in a spin
horse's tail switch
With his ears cut short and his tail cut long.
For any questions about this word or definition:
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