Tail
/teɪl/
noun
The caudal appendage of an animal that is attached to its posterior and near the anus.
“Most primates have a tail and fangs.”
An object or part of an object resembling a tail in shape, such as the thongs on a cat-o'-nine-tails.
The back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything.
Synonyms: ass, poon, poontang, punani, pussy, skin, tang, descender
verb
To follow and observe surreptitiously.
“Tail that car!”
To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
“This vessel tails downstream.”