whale's tail
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: The tail of a whale.
noun
An alternative expression of the whale tail phenomenon where a thong peeks out above the waistband.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "[…] anterior descending coronary artery (i.e. the "mustache," "pitchfork," or "whale's tail"; Fig. 18.6, top); in the circumflex system, the distal bifurcation of the segment with the longest total distance that includes the[…]"
- "It then bifurcates distally and tapers out as a "whale's tail" at the cardiac apex, although sometimes it wraps around the apex to supply part of the inferior wall."
- "Another distraction occurs when pants ride low in the back and expose thong underwear, a phenomenon students have dubbed whales' tails..."
Usage
Inflected Forms
whale's tails (plural)