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Tailing

To follow and observe surreptitiously.

📖 Definitions of "Tailing"

verb
  1. 1

    To follow and observe surreptitiously.

    "Tail that car!"

  2. 2

    To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

  3. 3

    To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.

    "This vessel tails downstream."

  4. 4

    To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of following someone.

  2. 2

    The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.

  3. 3

    Sexual intercourse

  4. 4

    The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.

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