1. The time of the last part of something
   "the tail end of this crisis-ridden century";
   - fag end [informal], tail
    
2. Any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
   "They waited at the tail end of the line";
   - tail
    
3. [informal] The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
   "He bruised his tail end falling down the stairs";
   - buttocks, nates [informal, technical], butt [N. Amer, informal], backside [informal], bum [Brit, informal], buns [N. Amer, informal], can [N. Amer, informal], fundament [informal], hindquarters [informal], hind end [informal], posterior [informal], rear [informal], rear end [informal], rump [informal], stern [informal], seat [informal], tail [N. Amer, informal], tooshie [informal], tush [N. Amer, informal], bottom [informal], behind [informal], derriere [informal], patootie [US, informal], botty [informal], duff [N. Amer, informal], bahookie [UK, dialect, informal], booty [N. Amer, informal], heinie [US, informal], tushy [N. Amer, informal], derrière [informal]

Derived forms: tail ends

Type of: body part, end, ending, projection

Part of: body, torso, trunk