Definition of Tail end

1. Noun. The time of the last part of something. "The tail of the storm"

Exact synonyms: Fag End, Tail
Generic synonyms: End, Ending

2. Noun. Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal.
Exact synonyms: Tail
Generic synonyms: Projection

3. Noun. The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on. "Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Exact synonyms: Arse, Ass, Backside, Behind, Bottom, Bum, Buns, Butt, Buttocks, Can, Derriere, Fanny, Fundament, Hind End, Hindquarters, Keister, Nates, Posterior, Prat, Rear, Rear End, Rump, Seat, Stern, Tail, Tooshie, Tush
Generic synonyms: Body Part
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Derivative terms: Posterior

Definition of Tail end

1. Noun. The rear end of anything; of a person or animal, the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tail End

taikos
tail-bay
tail-bays
tail-flower
tail-specific protease
tail away
tail between one's legs
tail block
tail bone
tail bud
tail coat
tail dragger
tail draggers
tail end (current term)
tail ends
tail feather
tail fin
tail fins
tail fold
tail gate
tail gunner
tail lamp
tail lift
tail lifts
tail of caudate nucleus
tail of dentate gyrus
tail of helix

Literary usage of Tail end

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1901)
"... in demand—Minor encounters—Pao- ting-fu—The Pe-tang forts—The tail end of a typhoon—Arrival of Field-Marshal Waldersee—A well-spent holiday. ..."

2. The Mammals of Illinois and Wisconsin by Charles Barney Cory (1912)
"11720, 9 — Skull large but badly broken, palate without median spine; white stripes extending but slightly on base of tail; end of tail black, ..."

3. United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and by William Dickson Boyce (1914)
"THE tail end OF LUZON. ... If you want to see something of the industry, go down to Albay, at the tail end of Luzon. They grow clotheslines there while you ..."

4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1883)
"In the lateral view the tail end appears slightly notched or furcate, with one branch longer than the other. The head exhibits a pair of minute red ..."

5. United States Colonies and Dependencies, Illustrated: The Travels and by William Dickson Boyce (1914)
"THE tail end OF LUZON. tt'\l, ... If you want to see something of the industry, go down to Albay, at the tail end of Luzon. They grow clotheslines there ..."

6. South America, Social, Industrial, and Political: A Twenty-five-thousand by Frank George Carpenter (1900)
"AM at the tail end of our hemisphere; at the lowest continental point in the world; three thousand miles nearer the south pole than the foot of the Siamese ..."

7. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"The tip of the tail ; the tag: as, the tail-end of the fox is white.— 3. The end, finish, or termination ; the fag-end; tailings: as, the tail-end of an ..."

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