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1. The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
    
2. The time of the last part of something
   "the tail of the storm";
   - fag end [informal], tail end
    
3. Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
   - tail end
    
4. [N. Amer, informal] The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "he deserves a good kick in the tail";
   - buttocks, nates [technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside, bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament, hindquarters, hind end, posterior, rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump, stern [informal], seat, tail end, tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom, behind, derriere, bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], botty [informal], heinie [US, informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], patootie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière
    
5. A spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
   - shadow, shadower
    
6. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
    
7. The rear part of an aircraft
   - tail assembly, empennage
    
8. The rear part of a ship
   - stern, after part, quarter, poop
    
9. [vulgar] Obscene term for female genitals
    
10. [vulgar] Girls or women that are regarded as sexually desirable
    - totty [Brit, informal], tottie [Brit, informal]
     
11. (statistics) the part of a distribution most distant from the mode

1. Go after with the intent to catch
   "The policeman tailed the mugger down the alley";
   - chase, chase after, trail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track
    
2. Remove or shorten the tail of an animal
   - dock, bob
    
3. Remove the stalk of fruits or berries

Sounds like: tacky, takkie, t, tail, tale, tael

Derived forms: tailed, tailing, tails

See also: tag along

Type of: appendage, back, body part, cut, end, ending, female genital organ, female genitalia, female genitals, follow, follower, outgrowth, pinch, process, projection, pursue, rear, reverse, spy, top, verso

Antonym: head

Part of: body, coin, craniate, fuselage, ship, torso, trunk, vertebrate

Encyclopedia: Tail