Tail end Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the time of the last part of something
    tail; fag end.
    • the fag end of this crisis-ridden century
    • the tail of the storm
  2. noun any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
    tail.
  3. noun the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
    bum; seat; stern; keister; prat; bottom; rear end; buns; tail; tush; rump; fanny; ass; behind; tooshie; hind end; posterior; hindquarters; butt; nates; rear; arse; buttocks; backside; derriere; can; fundament.
    • he deserves a good kick in the butt
    • are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

WordNet

Definitions
  1. the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end of a contest. Colloq.

Webster 1913