tails

/teɪlz/

noun 4

Collocations

ADJ.

absent, beautiful, bushy, long, many, short, swish

VERB + TAILS

brushing, heads, keep, make, top, win

TAILS + NOUN

adults, assignment, cats, legs, story

PREP.

between, in, off, out, with

noun

Clipping of tailcoat.

So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.

The side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.

Tails, I win.

Tailings; waste.

Tailings, feints.

The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…]

noun — formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

The practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.

So I'm putting on my top hat, tying on my white tie, brushing off my tails.

Wiktionary

Tails, I win.

Wiktionary

The tails can be collected until the evolving distillate is down to about 10 percent, and the stillhead[…]

Wiktionary

Heads I win, tails you lose.

Tatoeba · #37890

Tails are absent in this type of cat.

Tatoeba · #58598

I can't make heads or tails of this assignment.

Tatoeba · #59144

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In some senses, tails is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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