n. 1
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to their posterior and near the anus or cloaca.
Most primates have a tail and fangs.
n. 2
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails; a strand of material hanging from something.
v. 1
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
v. 2
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
This vessel tails downstream.

Related words

Word family: tailback tail-beam tailboard tailcoat tailcord tailism tailless taillike
Phrases: tail-end turn tail piece of tail grow a tail limber tail tail away tail fin tail off

Forms

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: can¹, dog¹, ass¹, bob¹, tag¹, bum¹
4 letters: line¹, seat¹, rear¹, butt¹, stem¹, dock¹, poop¹, flap¹, buns¹, rump¹, tush¹
5 letters: after², track¹, joint¹, trail¹, chase¹, brush¹, skirt¹, stern¹, pratt¹, fanny², nates
6 letters: behind², follow², bottom², shadow², splice¹
7 letters: quarter², buttock², postern
8 letters: tailings², derriere, poontang, shadower
9 letters: posterior³, extremity⁴, fundament, descender, empennage

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (after² = 2 syllables).