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tailing

The correct spelling is tailing.

How to pronounce tailing

verb

Say it like: Tay-lin-g

The correct spelling is tailing. To follow and observe surreptitiously. For example: "Tail that car!"

Usage Examples

Tail that car!

This vessel tails downstream.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To follow and observe surreptitiously.
  2. 2.To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
  3. 3.To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
  4. 4.To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
  5. 5.To pull or draw by the tail.

noun

  1. 1.The act of following someone.
  2. 2.The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
  3. 3.Sexual intercourse
  4. 4.The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
  5. 5.A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

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