Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tail end

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables: tail end
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.

noun

The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.

Example Sentences

"At the tail end of summer."
"The tail end of a lecture."
"The tail end of a conversation."
"An equipment malfunction has woken him up 90 years early, and he’s now doomed to live out the rest of his life surrounded by sushi bars and infinity pools, but not a single human companion.(The other 5,000 passengers on board will wake up at the tail end of the ship’s 120-year voyage to Earth colony Homestead-II.)"
"We meet at the tail-end of the Edinburgh TV Festival, normally a hum of desperate pitching and angry gossiping among media executives."

Etymology

From Middle English taylende; equivalent to tail + end.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: taylende

Inflected Forms

tail ends (plural) tail-end (alternative) tailend (alternative)

Derived Forms

tailender

Phrases

Tail End Charlie

Synonyms

fag-end rear end tag end tail fag end

Questions

What does tail end mean?: The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
Where does tail end come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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