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RELATED WORDS : back end be all and end all bitter end box end wrench box tail butt end dead end end end all end game end man end matter end of the world end on end organ end point end product end result end run end up end user fag end fee tail front end gable end hind end horizontal tail in the end kite tail lion's tail lizard's tail lobster tail loose end mare's tail means to an end motor end plate nerve end no end on end piece of tail rear end scrag end split end sprig tail sticky end tag end tail tail assembly tail bone tail coat tail feather tail fin tail gate tail lamp tail rotor tail wind tight end turn tail vertical tail war to end war west end white tail without end

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun tail end has 3 senses

• tail end(n = noun.time) fag end, tail - the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
is a kind of end, ending

• tail end(n = noun.shape) tail - any projection that resembles the tail of an animal; Array
is a kind of projection

• tail end(n = noun.body) arse, ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tooshie, tush - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
is a kind of body part
is a part of body, torso, trunk

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tail end

End

N end, close, termination, desinence, conclusion, finis, finale, period, term, terminus, endpoint, last, omega, extreme, extremity, gable end, butt end, fag-end, tip, nib, point, tail, verge, tag, peroration, bonne bouche, bottom dollar, tail end, rear guard, consummation, denouement, finish, fate, doom, doomsday, crack of doom, day of Judgment, dies irae, fall of the curtain, goal, destination, limit, determination, expiration, expiry, extinction, extermination, death, end of all things, finality, eschatology, break up, commencement de la fin, last stage, turning point, coup de grace, deathblow, knock-out-blow, sockdolager, ending, final, terminal, definitive, crowning, last, ultimate, hindermost, rear, caudal, vergent, conterminate, conterminous, conterminable, ended, at an end, settled, decided, over, played out, set at rest, conclusive, penultimate, last but one, last but two, unbegun, uncommenced, fresh, finally, in fine, at the last, once for all, as high as Heaven and as deep as hell, deficit omne quod nascitur, en toute chose il faut considerer la fin, finem respice, ultimus Romanorum.

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