noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of following someone.
2. 2
   the act of following someone secretly wordnet
3. 3
   The part of a projecting stone or brick inserted in a wall.

   "[…]iron Bar forming a Tailing for the stones which lie in the doorways"

4. 4
   The lighter parts of grain separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; chaff. obsolete
5. 5
   A prolongation of current in a telegraph line, due to capacity in the line and causing signals to run together.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of tail form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

shadowingbuggingchasingcloak-and-dagger workcounterespionagecounterintelligence

Example

More examples

"A white car has been tailing me for the last two miles."

Related phrases

sexual intercourse

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