Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have one's tail up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.06 in modern English

Syllables: have one's -tail up
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be confident, spirited.

Example Sentences

"This is incredible stuff from Paraguay now. They have their tails up and are imposing wave after wave of attacks on the Argentina goal."

Inflected Forms

has one's tail up (present, singular) having one's tail up (participle, present) had one's tail up (participle, past) had one's tail up (past)

Questions

What does have one's tail up mean?: To be confident, spirited.

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