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[ tey-ling ] / ˈteɪ lɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tailing ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe part of a projecting stone or brick tailed or inserted in a wall. tailings, - Building Trades. gravel, aggregate, etc., failing to pass through a given screen.
- the residue of any product, as in mining; leavings.
Origin of tailingFirst recorded in 1640–50; tail1 + -ing1 Words nearby tailingtailfirst, tail fold, tailgate, tailgater, tail-heavy, tailing, tailings, taille, Tailleferre, tailleur, taillight Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tailingKaty Perry was admonished for dressing up as an angel while tailing her grandmother to an event. Melissa Rivers: Life After Joan—A Funny, Moving Celebration on a Special 'Fashion Police'|Tim Teeman|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST The great irony is when we start to discuss the tailing ponds. Our Trip to The Climate War's Ground Zero|Darren Aronofsky|September 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST The result, as George Washington University law professor Orin Kerr puts it, is “the digital equivalent of tailing a suspect.” Welcome to the Age of Unlimited Government!|Nick Gillespie|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST Rotten cold it was, too, and me tailing on like a blamed chaperon! The Crevice|William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
There had been an ice carnival, and the last party, tailing up the snow-slope to the hotel, called him. Four Weird Tales|Algernon Blackwood I had done a fine job of tailing and I wanted someone to pin a leather medal on me. Highways in Hiding|George Oliver Smith We are like a comet, bright at the head but tailing away into mere gas behind. The Stark Munro Letters|J. Stark Munro But the mysterious stranger was too quick for him, and when Tailing leapt to his feet he was alone. The Daffodil Mystery|Edgar Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for tailing
nounthe part of a beam, rafter, projecting brick or stone, etc, embedded in a wall Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tailinghound, stalk, pursue, eye, track, dog, trail, tag, shadow, keep an eye on |