TAILING
Dictionary entry overview: What does tailing mean? • TAILING (noun)
The noun TAILING has 1 sense:
1. the act of following someone secretly
Familiarity information: TAILING used as a noun is very rare.
• TAILING (adjective)
The adjective TAILING has 1 sense:
1. following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance
Familiarity information: TAILING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TAILING (noun)
Meaning:
The act of following someone secretly
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
shadowing; tailing
Hypernyms ("tailing" is a kind of...):
chase; following; pursual; pursuit (the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture)
• TAILING (adjective)
Meaning:
Following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance
Synonyms:
shadowing; tailing
Context example:
always on guard against shadowing submarines
Similar:
following (going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction)
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