tail end

See also: tail-end

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• tail-end

EtymologyEdit

tail +‎ end

NounEdit

tail end ‎(plural tail ends)

1. The rear end of anything; of a person or animal, the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
2. (figuratively) 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.

SynonymsEdit

• fag-end
• tag end

Derived termsEdit

• Tail End Charlie
• tailender

TranslationsEdit

rear end

• Dutch: staartkant, staartzijde

• Russian: хвост (ru) m ‎(xvost), коне́ц (ru) m ‎(konéc), зад (ru) m ‎(zad)