New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: horsetail · shirtwaist · shit-all · short time · short ton · short tennis · audit trail · shirt dress · shirt front · curtail

shirt tail

noun CLOTH eireaball léinetuck in your shirt tail cuir eireaball do léine isteach

tail

noun

1 noun part of animaleireaball masc1 c m uthe dog was wagging its tail bhí an madra ag croitheadh a eireabailltail feathers cleití eireabaill 2 noun part like taileireaball masc1 c m usraoilleán masc1 c m uthe tail of a comet eireaball cóiméidit left a long tail of smoke behind it d'fhág sé sraoilleán fada deataigh ina dhiaidh

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3 noun end, backcúl masc1 c m udeireadh masc1 c m uat the tail of the train ag cúl na traenachas the tail of the parade went by nuair a bhí deireadh na paráide ag dul thar bráid

modifiercúil gs as adj c m udeiridh gs as adj c m utail rotor rótar cúil

4 noun last part of period, event etcdeireadh masc1 c m uat the tail of the month ag deireadh na míosa 5 (also shirt tail) noun CLOTH of shirteireaball masc1 c m u 6 informal noun followerlorgaire masc4 c m uto put a tail on sb duine a chur ag leanúint duineshe threw her tail chuir sí di an té a bhí á leanúint 7 (especially US) noun bottomtóin fem3 c m u

verb

8 verb informal follow sb TRANSITIVElean verb c m u 9 verb COOK remove ends TRANSITIVEan bun a bhaint dean bun a scoitheadh de

phrases

to be on sb's tail

(also

to be on the tail of sb

) bheith sna sála ag duineanother car was on my tail bhí carr eile i mo dhiaidh aniar, bhí carr eile sna sála agam

the tail wagging the dog

arsa an spor leis an gcosit's a case of the tail wagging the dog is é an giolla atá ina mháistir

with your tail between your legs

go maolchluasach c m uagus d'eireaball i do ghabhal agatagus do chleití síos leat

with your tail up

agus tú lán le misneachagus tú in airde bríagus tú in ard do mheanman