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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

  • (..) lt might get a little bumpy. Three, two, one, blastoff! You saved us, cowboy. You're our hero. l got a kink in my slink. My tail! Where's my tail? Someone need a hand? -Where's my nose? -Here it is. -Here's your arm. -Give me that. That's mine. (..)
    2010 Toy Story 3