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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

Taispeáin iontráil iomlán

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

tail

to be on sb's tail

to be on the tail of sb

the tail wagging the dog

with your tail between your legs

with your tail up

Iontrálacha Gaolmhara

Frásaí agus Samplaí Úsáide faoi iontrálacha eile

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