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Definition of tails

noun:

• formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men. Synonyms: dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tailcoat, white tie, white tie and tails.
• the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body. Synonyms: tail.
• the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century", "the tail of the storm". Synonyms: fag end, tail, tail end.
• any projection that resembles the tail of an animal. Synonyms: tail, tail end.
• 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?". Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush.
• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements. Synonyms: shadow, shadower, tail.
• (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head. Synonyms: tail. Antonyms: head.
• the rear part of an aircraft. Synonyms: empennage, tail, tail assembly.
• the rear part of a ship. Synonyms: after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail.

verb:

• go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley", "the dog chased the rabbit". Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail.
• remove or shorten the tail of an animal. Synonyms: bob, dock, tail.
• remove the stalk of fruits or berries. Synonyms: tail.

Related words

bob, bobtail, brush, dock, flag, fluke, hound, hunt, oxtail, quest, rattle, scut, trace, tree, uropygium.

Words nearby

rails, tail.

Rhymes with

details, rails, sales, versailles, wales.