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How to pronounce tails in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dress suit, full dress, tail coat, tailcoat, white tie, white tie and tails
Type of evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear, formalwear

Examples of tails

tails
He pulls his cruiser from the shoulder and tails a maroon 2000 Chevrolet Malibu.
From the stltoday.com
Some Zoobles blink their eyes, wag their tails or wiggle their ears when petted.
From the thenewstribune.com
As I walked in, my butler Jeremy, complete with a top hat and tails, greeted me.
From the chron.com
Actors playing satyrs wore tight shorts decorated with long tails and erections.
From the online.wsj.com
I think there are already too many tails wagging the dog in the existing system.
From the forbes.com
We have a fondness for grown men dressed in orange-and-black onesies with tails.
From the freep.com
My next cast was also close to the weeds and tails, only a tad more to the left.
From the dailyherald.com
Democrats riding on his coat-tails swept four of the five other statewide races.
From the economist.com
Let the golden hued, botoxed harpies ride on Jims coat-tails and stop whingeing.
From the holdthefrontpage.co.uk
More examples
  • The posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
  • Chase: go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
  • Dock: remove or shorten the tail of an animal
  • Fag end: the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
  • Remove the stalk of fruits or berries
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  • A Comet tail and coma are illuminated by the Sun and may become visible from Earth when a comet passes through the inner solar system, the dust reflecting sunlight directly and the gases glowing from ionisation. ...
  • In cricket, the batting order is the sequence in which batsmen play through their team's innings, there always being two batsmen taking part at any one time. All eleven players in a team are required to bat if the innings is completed (i.e. ...