Associations to the word «Tailing»

Wiktionary

TAILING, verb. Present participle of tail
TAILING, noun. The act of following someone.
TAILING, noun. (architecture) The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.
TAILING, noun. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
TAILING, noun. (obsolete) The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff.
TAILING, noun. A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

Dictionary definition

TAILING, noun. The act of following someone secretly.

Wise words

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