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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A racehorse.
  2. n. A detachable extension to the back of an envelope, having a perforated edge and special marketing information or an order form on it.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A tail which has been banged, or cut horizontally across; also, an animal with a banged or docked tail.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A tail of a horse or cow, allowed to grow out and then trimmed horizontally so as to form a tassel; a horse or cow having such a tail.
  2. n. US A racehorse.
  3. n. slang A prostitute.
  4. n. marketing An envelope with a perforated flap on which promotional material is printed; the flap on such an envelope.
  5. v. To shear off the hair horizontally at the end of a cow or horse's tail.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. a horse bred for racing.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a horse bred for racing

Etymologies

  1. From bang +‎ tail. (Wiktionary)
  2. bang2, short hair + tail1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “It seems that 'Fireman' O'Leary was most useful in helping the fillies home at Washington Park by assaulting them in the region of the bangtail with small bollops of pure incandescence.”

    The Big Fix

  • “(surprisingly, ` claim 'is the verb; quit = ` quits' or ` even '), bobtail and bangtail (bob and bang = ` crop,' and these are just bobbed examples of humdrum past participle formations), and lockjaw (not conclusively eliminated, but ` locked jaw 'is given as an alternative form).”

    Verbatim: VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol V No 1

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synonyms (2)

Words with the same meaning

  1. racehorse
  1. race horse

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. equus caballus
  1. horse

hyponyms (15)

Words that are more specific

  1. pony
  2. two-year-old horse
  3. dark horse
  1. nonstarter
  2. two year old
  3. three-year-old horse
  1. trotting horse
  2. pacesetter
  3. pacer
  1. pacemaker
  2. yearling
  3. three year old
  1. thoroughbred
  2. mudder
  3. trotter

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  1. weirdnet
  1. bangy things

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  • reesetee Here's an interesting second definition (via Encarta dictionary): "an envelope with a detachable section that can be used as an order form or to provide marketing information." Jan 26, 2009

  • sionnach
    I dunno, but I bet all my money on the bangtail nag*, doo-dah, doo-dah. And lost. If only you would transmit the names of the winners back from the future, this wouldn't be a problem.

    Alternatively (via Weirdnet): the solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times.

    Oops! My turf accountant has just informed me it was the 'bobtail nag'. Doo-dah! Jan 26, 2009

  • bilby Does anyone know if this is of US origin? Jan 26, 2009

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