Collocations for tail - noun
1. of an animal, a bird, etc.
ADJ.
long | short | bushy, curly, curved, forked, pointed | muscular, prehensile
VERB + TAIL
flick, swish, thrash, wag, whisk
The dog wagged its tail furiously.
The dog wagged its tail furiously.
dock
It used to be fashionable to dock horses'' tails.
It used to be fashionable to dock horses'' tails.
TAIL + VERB
twitch, wag, wave
The dog ran out with its tail wagging madly.
The dog ran out with its tail wagging madly.
TAIL + NOUN
feathers, fin
2. of a thing
TAIL + NOUN
section
The plane''s tail section had broken off.
The plane''s tail section had broken off.
fin, light
PREP.
at the ~
the truck at the tail of our convoy
the truck at the tail of our convoy
PHRASES
nose to tail
Traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.
Traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.