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Raretailing
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.To follow and observe surreptitiously.
- 2.To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into
- 3.To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.
- 4.To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.
- 5.To pull or draw by the tail.
noun
- 1.The act of following someone.
- 2.The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
- 3.Sexual intercourse
- 4.The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
- 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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