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tail

Definition

  • noun: the part of an animal's body that extends from the animal's back end
  • noun: the rear end or a process or prolongation of the rear end of the body of an animal
  • verb: to connect end to end
  • verb: to follow (someone) closely
  • usually used to refer to one of the two choices you can make when a coin is thrown in the air to decide something
  • synonyms: thule, ultima thule, abridged

Examples

  • The technical details were 'over my head'. [=too complicated for me to understand]

  • She started to ask a question and then her voice 'tailed off'. [='trailed off']

  • His handwriting was so bad that we 'couldn't make heads or tails out of' it.

Movie quotes

  • (..) . . -- I'd really love to stay, but-- Don't do that! That's my tail! That's my personal tail. You're gonna tear it off. I don't give permission-- What are you gonna do with that? . . (..)
    2001 Shrek