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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions tail noun  (anatomy) The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus. The tail-end of a creature (buttocks, even if tailless) or object, e.g. the rear of an aircraft's fuselage, containing the tailfin. When a grumpy client of the frat's annual carwash complained the of his menure-soiled tractor wasn't completely cleaned, the poor pledges had to drop trou and bend over to get their own tails paddled in public An object or part thereof resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails or other multi-tail whip. Specifically, the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind. The latter part of a time period or event, or (collectively) persons or objects represented in this part. (statistics) The part of a distribution most distant from the mode; as, a long tail. One who surreptitiously follows another. (Cricket) The last four or five batsman, batsmen in the batting order, usually specialist bowlers. (Typography) The lower loop of the letters g, q, and y in the roman alphabet. (especially, in plural) The side of a coin not bearing the head; the reverse. (slang) male member of a person animal. ''After the burly macho nudists' polar bear dip, their tails were spectacularly shrunk, so they looked like an immature kid's innocent (slang) sexual intercourse, Sexual intercourse. Translations:  Dutch: munt French: queue German: Hintern, Hinterteil, Gesí¤íŸ Italian: chioma Spanish: cola verb  (transitive) To surreptitiously follow and observe. Translations:  Dutch: beschatten Etymology: From tíÄel. In some senses, apparently by a generalization of the usual opposition between head and tail.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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