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tails   (TTS Sound)

The noun tails has 1 sense

• dress suit, full dress, tailcoat, tail coat, tails, white tie, white tie and tails -- (formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men)

The noun tail has 8 senses

• tail -- (the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body)


• fag end, tail, tail end -- (the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm")


• tail, tail end -- (any projection that resembles the tail of an animal)


• buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass -- (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?")


• tail, shadow, shadower -- (a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements)


• tail -- ((usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head)


• tail, tail assembly, empennage -- (the rear part of an aircraft)


• stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail -- (the rear part of a ship)

The verb tail has 3 senses

• chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track -- (go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit")


• dock, tail, bob -- (remove or shorten the tail of an animal)


• tail -- (remove the stalk of fruits or berries)