tails

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/teɪlz/

• Audio(General Australian):

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• Homophone:tales
• Rhymes:-eɪlz

Noun

tails

1. pluraloftail

Noun

tails

1. (slang)Clipping oftailcoat.
   • 1935,Irving Berlin,Top Hat, White Tie and Tails:

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

2. The side of acointhat doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.

   Antonym:heads

   Tails,I win.

3. (mining)Tailings;waste.
4. (alcohol production)Tailings,feints.
   • 2011February 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,page39:

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

Translations

tailcoat—seetailcoat

side of coin

• Arabic:نَقْش(ar)m(naqš)

  Gulf Arabic:كتابةf(kitāba)

  North Levantine Arabic:نَقْشm(naʔš)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Bối diện(zh)(bèimiàn),Phản diện(zh)(fǎnmiàn)

• Dutch:munt(nl)
• Finnish:klaava(fi)
• French:pile(fr)f
• German:Zahl(de)f
• Hawaiian:hiʻu
• Hebrew:פָּלִיm(páli)
• Hungarian:írás(hu)
• Italian:code(it),croce(it)f
• Japanese:Lí(ja)(うら, ura)
• Macedonian:пе́ткаf(pétka)
• Polish:reszka(pl)f
• Portuguese:coroa(pt)f
• Russian:ре́шка(ru)f(réška)
• Spanish:cruz(es)f,(Argentina)ceca(es)f,(Mexico)águila(es)
• Swedish:klave(sv)c
• Thai:ก้อย(th)(gɔ̂i)
• Turkish:yazı(tr)
• Vietnamese:mặt sấp

Verb

tails

1. third-personsingularsimplepresentindicativeoftail

Anagrams

• Itals,A list,Laits,itals,ATLIs,talis,silat,laits,alist,Laist,litas,stail,A-list,Talsi,Latis