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tail

გამოთქმა: /teɪl/

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Universal
  • 1the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect: the dog’s tail began to wag frantically
  • a slender backward prolongation of each hindwing in some butterflies.
  • 2a thing resembling an animal’s tail in its shape or position, typically extending downwards or outwards at the end of something:the tail of a capital Q
  • the rear part of an aeroplane, with the tailplane and rudder: the fuselage tapers sharply towards the tail
  • the lower or hanging part of a garment, especially the back of a shirt or coat: he wiped his hands on the tail of his grubby vest he stormed off, the tails of his jacket flapping behind him
  • (tails) informal a tailcoat, or a man’s formal evening suit with a tailcoat:the men looked debonair in white tie and tails
  • the luminous trail of particles following a comet.
  • the lower end of a pool or stream: shallow riffles and the tails of pools are prime feeding areas
  • the exposed end of a slate or tile in a roof: the slates are dressed with the bevelled tail and edge characteristic of thick, square stone roofing
  • Mathematics an extremity of a curve approaching the horizontal axis of a graph, especially that of a frequency distribution.
  • 3the end of a long train or line of people or vehicles:a catering truck at the tail of the convoy
  • the final, more distant, or weaker part of something:the tail of a hurricane
  • Cricket the end of the batting order, with the weakest batsmen: McDermott worked his way through the tail, finishing with ten wickets
  • 4 informal a person secretly following another to observe their movements: I can’t put a tail on him, I don’t know where he’s gone
  • 5 informal, chiefly North American a person’s buttocks: the coach kicked Ryan in his tail
  • vulgar slang a woman’s genitals.
  • [mass noun] informal women collectively regarded in sexual terms:my wife thinks going out with you guys will keep me from chasing tail
  • 6 (tails) the side of a coin without the image of a head on it (used when tossing a coin to determine a winner): the chances of heads and tails in the long run are equal

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Universal
  • 1 informal follow and observe (someone) closely, especially in secret:a flock of paparazzi had tailed them all over London
  • [no object, with adverbial of direction] follow:they went to their favourite cafe—Owen and Sally tailed along
  • 2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] North American (of an object in flight) drift or curve in a particular direction:the next pitch tailed in on me at the last second
  • 3remove the stalks or ends of (fruit or vegetables) in preparation for cooking.
  • 4pull on the end of (a rope) after it has been wrapped round the drum of a winch a few times, in order to prevent slipping when the winch rotates.
  • 5 archaic join (one thing) to another.

chase one's (own) tail

informal rush around ineffectually: from continually chasing my tail and being late for everything, punctuality became second nature

on someone's tail

following someone closely:a police car stayed on his tail for half a mile

the tail of one's eye

dated the outer corner of one’s eye: he glanced at her through the tail of his eye

the tail wags the dog

the less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominates a situation; the usual roles are reversed:the financing system is becoming the tail that wags the dog

with one's tail between one's legs

informal in a state of dejection or humiliation: we took Lily in when she came back from London with her tail between her legs

with one's tail up

informal in a confident or cheerful mood: the West Indies team with their tails up can be awesome

tail back

British (of traffic) become congested and form a tailback:traffic tailed back fourteen miles after a chemical spillage

tail something in (or into)

insert the end of a beam, stone, or brick into (a wall).

tail off (or away)

gradually diminish in amount, strength, or intensity:the economic boom was beginning to tail off

tailed

adjective
[in combination]:a white-tailed deer

tailless

adjective

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