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• present tense form of tail (3rd person singular).

tails

American  

[teylz] / teɪlz /

adjective

1. (of a coin) with the reverse facing up.

   On the next toss, the coin came up tails.

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noun

1. tailcoat.

tails British  

/ teɪlz /

plural noun

1. an informal name for tail coat

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interjection

1. with the reverse side of a coin uppermost: used as a call before tossing a coin Compare heads

Etymology

Origin of tails

First recorded in 1675–85; tail ¹ + -s ¹

Example Sentences

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tails

He added that animated movies sometimes have longer tails than many other movies, so a soft opening wouldn’t necessarily be a death knell for “Minions & Monsters.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026

That old rigged coin has long come into play against them: heads they lose, tails they also lose.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 29, 2026

And flipping a coin on heads, or tails, 24 times in a row has odds of one in 16.7 million.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

The international team of researchers were able to piece together the separate odysseys from photos of the whales' tails -- including some taken by amateur photographers on cruises -- captured decades apart.

From Barron's ● May 20, 2026

Their slow footsteps crunched in the grass, their teeth chewed and chewed, their tails flicked at flies.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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