Rattail Definition

rattāl
adjective
Shaped like a rat's tail; slim and tapering.
Webster's New World
noun

Grenadier.

Webster's New World

Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.

Wiktionary

A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head.

Wiktionary

(slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.

Wiktionary

An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

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Other Word Forms of Rattail

Noun

Singular:
rattail
Plural:
rattails

Rattail Sentence Examples

  • Using a rattail comb, start backcombing in short, quick strokes at the base of your hair.

  • You may want to use a rattail comb, a comb with a long, skinny handle, for making the twists.

  • To use a rattail comb, wrap your hair around the handle of the comb, candy curl style, sliding the handle of the comb out of the hair when you are done wrapping.

  • If your braids hurt once you leave the hair salon, you can try to loosen tight braids yourself by sliding a rattail comb under the offending braids and gently lifting up, being careful not to pull too hard as to break the hair.

  • If you find that the volume is disappearing as you twist, you can always insert the pointed end of a rattail comb and gently pull it back up again as you go.

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Words Starting With

RRARAT

Words Ending With

LILAIL

Unscrambles

rattail

Words Starting With R and Ending With L

Starts With R & Ends With LStarts With RA & Ends With LStarts With R & Ends With IL

Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With R7 Letter Words Ending With L