Thesaurus results for TAIL ENDS

tail ends

noun

plural of tail end

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits all I saw was his tail end vanishing around the door

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Recent Examples of tail ends Young copperheads can also have yellow or yellowish-green tail ends, which all-aged copperheads vibrate when alarmed. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 10 June 2026 The Stars had rebounded from a season-worst, six-match winless skid to construct a three-game points streak, which disintegrated on Tuesday in just their second loss in eight tail ends of back-to-back sets. — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026 If desired, trim off the tapered tail ends, too. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Nov. 2025

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Noun

After Swift appeared with Fazit’s Gold Speckles makeup patches decorating her cheeks, the brand reported a 3,500 percent increase in direct-to-consumer sales.

— Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Pictures of Isaiah Harrison from 2024 show a bubbly, heavyset boy with a toothy smile and full cheeks.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of cheeks

Noun

More women have seats at the tables that Violet, Doralee and Judy could only deliver coffee (or blackmail) to.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
This year, 51 percent of ballet-ticket buyers were under the age of 50 with 20-somethings in the majority of those seats.

— Fiorella Valdesolo, Curbed, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of seats

Noun

This is also why bucks generally have shorter tails than does, and less white on the rump.

— Tom Carpenter, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026
Beer is bringing four cosmetics to the Item Shop, with her cats Mookie and Maple being more cuddly than usual with their tails intertwined.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of tails

Noun

Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
Kennedy’s Albany is a vital, violent place, a hothouse of gangsters, pool hustlers, bums, crooked politicians, and showgirls.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of bums

Noun

Worse still, the impact slammed the Ferrari into a car in front, damaging both the convertible’s front and rear ends.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 18 Sep. 2026
But Proctor did put several other Raiders defenders on their rear ends throughout Sunday’s season-opening loss in Las Vegas.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of rear ends

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