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tails en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /teɪlz/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of tail
    form of tail
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang) Clipping of tailcoat.
    alt of tailcoat
    • So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails. 1935, Irving Berlin, Top Hat, White Tie and Tails:
  3. The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
    • Tails, I win.
  4. Tailings; waste.
  5. (qualifier:alcohol production) Tailings, feints.
    • The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…] 2011 February 9, Bill Owens, Alan Dikty, The Art of Distilling Whiskey and Other Spirits: An Enthusiast's Guide to the Artisan Distilling of Potent Potables, Quarry Books, →ISBN, page 39:

Antonyms

heads

Translations (30)

it code (side of coin) · mk пе́тка (side of coin) · hu írás (side of coin) · es cruz (side of coin) · apc نَقْش (side of coin) · ja(side of coin) · de Zahl (side of coin) · sv klave (side of coin) · tr yazı (side of coin) · yue(side of coin) · cmn 背面 (side of coin) · cmn 字兒 /字儿 (side of coin) · afb كتابة (side of coin) · th ก้อย (side of coin) · es águila (side of coin) · ta பூ (side of coin) · nl munt (side of coin) · fr pile (side of coin) · pl reszka (side of coin) · pt coroa (side of coin) · ar نَقْش (side of coin) · he פָּלִי (side of coin) · fi klaava (side of coin) · it croce (side of coin) · vi mặt sấp (side of coin) · ota یازی (side of coin) · ru ре́шка (side of coin) · es ceca (side of coin) · cmn 反面 (side of coin) · haw hiʻu (side of coin)

tails en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /teɪlz/

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of tail
    form of tail