tail end

See also: tail-end and tailend

English

Alternative forms

• tail-end, tailend

Etymology

From Middle English taylende; equivalent to tail +‎ end.

Noun

tail end (plural tail ends)

1. The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
2. (figurative) The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.

   At the tail end of summer.

   The tail end of a lecture.

   The tail end of a conversation.

   • 2016 December 20, Katie Rife, “Passengers strains the considerable charms of Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     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.)

Synonyms

• fag-end
• rear end
• tag end

Derived terms

• Tail End Charlie
• tailender

Translations

rear end — see rear end

Anagrams

• dential