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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. 1

    The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.

  2. 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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WordDefinition
rear endnoun(slang) The buttocks.
behindnounAt or in the rear or back part of something.
seatnounSomething to be sat upon.
derrierenounAlternative spelling of derrière. [(chiefly humorous) Bottom, bum, backside.]
fundamentnounFoundation.
cannoun(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to.
sternnounHaving 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.
bottomnounThe 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.
tooshienounAlternative spelling of tushie. [(colloquial, often childish) Buttocks, bottom.]
rumpnounThe buttocks.
posteriornoun(sometimes euphemistic, sometimes humorous) The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks.

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