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Tail end
The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
📖 Definitions of "Tail end"
noun
- 1
The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
- 2
The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.
"At the tail end of summer. The tail end of a lecture. The tail end of a conversation."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tail end"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rear endnoun | (slang) The buttocks. |
| behindnoun | At or in the rear or back part of something. |
| seatnoun | Something to be sat upon. |
| derrierenoun | Alternative spelling of derrière. [(chiefly humorous) Bottom, bum, backside.] |
| fundamentnoun | Foundation. |
| cannoun | (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to. |
| sternnoun | Having a hardness and severity of nature or manner. |
| pratnoun | (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A fool, contemptible person. |
| rearnoun | (transitive) To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster. |
| backsidenoun | (euphemistic) A person's buttocks. |
| bottomnoun | The lowest part of anything. |
| arsenoun | (Commonwealth, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus. |
| keisternoun | (slang) The anus or buttocks. |
| buttnoun | (countable) The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt end, in distinction from the sharp or narrow end |
| bumnoun | (colloquial, sometimes derogatory) A homeless person, usually a man. |
| bunsnoun | (Canada, US, euphemistic, childish) The buttocks. |
| assnoun | (countable and uncountable) The buttocks. |
| tooshienoun | Alternative spelling of tushie. [(colloquial, often childish) Buttocks, bottom.] |
| rumpnoun | The buttocks. |
| posteriornoun | (sometimes euphemistic, sometimes humorous) The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks. |
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