Meanings
noun
- pluralplural of tail
noun
- abbreviationclippingslangClipping 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 - businessTailings; waste.
- alcohol productionTailings, 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
verb
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of tail
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe side of a coin that doesn't bear the picture of the head of state or similar.
Opposite
More synonyms by meaning
nounformalwear consisting of full evening dress for men
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic نَقْش
- نَقْش (naqš)side of coin
Chinese Cantonese 字
- 字 (zi⁶)side of coin
Chinese Mandarin 背面, 反面
- 背面 (bèimiàn)side of coin
- 反面 (fǎnmiàn)side of coin
- 字兒 /字儿side of coin
Dutch munt
- muntside of coin
Finnish klaava
- klaavaside of coin
French pile
- pileside of coin
German Zahl
- Zahlside of coin
Hawaiian hiʻu
- hiʻuside of coin
Hebrew פָּלִי
- פָּלִי (páli)side of coin
Hungarian írás
- írásside of coin
Italian code, croce
- codeside of coin
- croceside of coin
Japanese 裏
- 裏 (ura)side of coin
Polish reszka
- reszkaside of coin
Portuguese coroa
- coroaside of coin
Russian ре́шка
- ре́шка (réška)side of coin
Spanish cruz, ceca
- cruzside of coin
- cecaside of coin
- águilaside of coin
Swedish klave
- klaveside of coin
Tamil பூ
- பூ (pū)side of coin
Thai ก้อย
- ก้อย (gɔ̂i)side of coin
Turkish yazı
- yazıside of coin
Vietnamese mặt sấp
- mặt sấpside of coin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with tails
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
tails. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tails
MLA
“tails.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tails. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tails,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tails.
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