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turn tail

US pronunciation
American soundturn tail
turntail
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turn - tail -> turn tail

Myanmar meaning

(idm) အမြီးကုပ်ထွက်ပြေးသည်။

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tail /teÇl/ n

၁။ [C] အမြီး။ a dog wagging its tail. ❍ fish1, horse, scorpion See also CAT-O’-NINE-TAILS, PONY-TAIL
၂။ [C] (စွန်၊ ဥက္ကာပျံ၊ လေယာဉ် စသည်၏) အမြီး။ the tail of a comet/a kite/an aircraft/a procession. ❍ aircraft
၃။ [C] (infml ) (တကောက်ကောက်နောက်ယောင် ခံ လိုက်ရန်) အမြီး။ The police put a tail on him to check his movements.
၄။ tails [pl] (also tailcoat [C]) အမျိုးသားဝတ် နောက်ကွဲကုတ်အကျႌရှည်။ dressed in top hat, white tie and tails. Compare DINNER-JACKET, MORNING COAT
၅။ tails [sing v ] (ဒင်္ဂါး၏) ပန်း။ Compare HEADS
v နောက်ယောင်ခံလိုက်သည်။ ထက်ကြပ်မကွာလိုက်သည်။ She tailed him to his hotel.
❏ have, etc one's tail between one's legs [IDM ] (infml ) အရှက်ရ၍ အမြီးကုပ်နေသည်။
❏ have, etc one's tail up [IDM ] စိတ်ဓာတ်တက်ကြွသည်။ အမြီးထောင်သည်။ လက်မထောင်သည်။ The champion is unbeatable when his tail is up.
❏ on sb's tail [IDM ] ထက်ကြပ်မကွာလိုက်သည်။ နောက်ယောင် ခံ လိုက်သည်။
❏ tail away/off [PHRV ] တဖြည်းဖြည်းလျော့နည်းသွားသည်။ (အသံ) တိမ်ဝင်သွားသည်။ The number of tourists starts to tail off in October. ❍ ‘I'd like to help, but…,’ his voice tailed away.
❏ tail back [PHRV ] ရှေ့ကပိတ်နေ၍ ကားတန်းကြီးရှည်လိုက် သည်။ Traffic is tailing back five miles from the scene of the accident.
❏ -tailed (forming compound adjs ) အမြီး… ။ long-tailed ❍ curly-tailed. tailless adj : Manx cats are tailless.
❏ tail-end n (usu sing ) ~ (of sth) အစွန်အဖျား။ နောက်ပိတ် ဆုံး။ the tail-end of the procession/concert ❍ I only heard the tail-end of their conversation.
❏ tail-light (US tail-lamp ) n ကား၊ ရထားတို့၏ နောက်မီး။ ❍ CAR
❏ the tail wagging the dog [IDM ] မိကျောင်းမင်းရေခင်းပြ။ ဘုန်းကြီးစာချ။
❏ tail wind n နောက်ကျောမှ ပင့်၍တိုက်သောလေ။ လေစုန်။ Compare HEAD WIND
❏ turn tail [IDM ] အမြီးကုပ် ထွက်ပြေးသည်။ As soon as they saw us coming they turned tail and ran.

More examples
  • The animal sprays liquid from a gland under its tail.
  • The bright tail feathers of a peacock
  • The tail of a comet
  • He was at the tail of the queue.
  • He wore a top hat and tails.
Synonyms
end, conclusion, extremity, appendage, train, extension, back, back end, back of, bedog, behind, butt, buttocks, caudal appendage, dog, dorsal, empennage, end piece, eye, fag end, far end, follow, hind, hind end, hind part, hindermost, hindmost part, hindpart, hindquarters, hound, in the wake of, keep an eye on, last part, mizzen, part, posterior, postern, pursue, rear, rear end, retral, reverse, rudder, rump, shadow, stalk, stub, tag, tag end, tailer, tailpiece, track, trail, tush, wagger
Antonyms
beginning, commencement, front, head, run away, start
Cross references
endconclusionextremityappendagetrainextensionbackback endback ofbedogbehindbuttbuttockscaudal appendagedogdorsalempennageend pieceeyefag endfar endfollowhindhind endhind parthindermosthindmost parthindpart
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