tails 1 of 2

noun

plural of tail
1
as in entourages
a body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person the tail that accompanies the prince wherever he goes

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2
as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits get your tail in here

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3
as in backs
a behind part or surface the tail of the ship

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tails

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tail
as in chases
to go after or on the track of detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening

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Recent Examples of tails
Noun
The video showed many of the dogs standing together on a dusty site, near dry brush, barking and wagging their tails. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026 These predators chase down insects, catch them with their front pinchers, then immobilize the prey with venom from their tails. — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2026 But there is also no mistaking the distinct black-and-white fur and bushy tails of skunks. — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 22 Oct. 2026 Venice, Vienna, London, then years on the Proffers’ couch in Ann Arbor, then New York, a story ending, eventually, with coat tails, in Stockholm, receiving the Nobel Prize. — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026 There is nothing truly random about whether a coin comes up heads or tails. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Ingredients like caffeine and L-theanine have long research tails behind them, but the pouch itself as a delivery system has not been studied for the long haul. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026 Some wagged their tails as people approached, licked their hands and even liked to be petted. — Alida De Flamingh, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 There are cats with monkey tails, and camels that roll up in a ball like armadillos! — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
Cuevas remembers the wins, the journey and the spiral — Penix, as a lefty, threw a distinct ball that tails away from pass-catchers. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 28 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tails
  1. entourages
  2. cheeks
  3. backs
  4. chases
  5. bums
  6. tracks
  7. seats
  8. pursues
Noun
  • Outside, a throng of revelers were waiting to navigate the same journey as Williams, McRae, and their respective entourages.
    — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The bout was a big draw for glitterati, gangs and their entourages -- particularly from Southern California.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of entourages
Noun
  • Makeup artist Jay Artistry’s advice to start with a small amount of lipstick on the cheeks and build gradually points the same way, favoring restraint over acquisition.
    — Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Makeup artist Jeanine Lobell uses subtle contour and highlighter to shape the cheeks without blush, according to ELLE.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of cheeks
Noun
  • Rome Odunze got out to block cornerback Josh Jobe, right tackle Darnell Wright got a piece of safety Nick Emmanwori in space and Loveland came across the field to block two defensive backs at once.
    — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
  • How to Spot a House Centipede House centipedes (top photo) are usually yellowish-gray with three dark stripes down their backs, Hodges explains.
    — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of backs
Verb
  • Six such accounts make up the series as Hojo chases the truth behind them.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
  • For anyone who grinds fresh every morning and chases single-origin lots, online talk about mold and mycotoxins in coffee tends to raise a practical question about how the stuff gets onto beans in the first place.
    — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of chases
Noun
  • Zellers poured the foundation, and Morrison hired fellow ski bums to do the framing, masonry, and tiling.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • 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
Definition of bums
Verb
  • Sudan Doctors Network, another group that tracks violence, gave a lower death toll and said the attack was from shelling.
    — YASSIR ABDALLA, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Jeff Stotts, an athletic trainer who runs a site that tracks sports injuries, wrote that since 2005, just one player had sustained a torn labrum like Wallace’s and returned later that season.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of tracks
Noun
  • With the balance of power in Tallahassee at stake, Miami’s Republican state senators fended off tough challenges Tuesday night, while Democratic candidates flipped several South Florida state House seats for the minority party in Florida’s capital.
    — Miami Herald staff, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Trump choices could prove costly Republicans tried to buck historical precedent — a president’s party almost always loses seats during the midterms — with an aggressive redistricting effort aimed at creating a more favorable congressional map.
    — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of seats
Verb
  • The funding would also support faculty positions as the university pursues Carnegie Research 1 university status, Hahn said.
    — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026
  • While Hancock County School District pursues civil action, the Justice Department’s probe into athletic equipment sales remains ongoing.
    — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of pursues

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“Tails.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tails. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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