Word.ws English Dictionary

turntail

turntail noun: one who turns tail, or flees in cowardice.

Noun

turntail (plural turntails)

  1. One who turns tail, or flees in cowardice.

Forms of turntail

pluralturntails

Origin of turntail

From turn + tail.

Questions about turntail

What does turntail mean?
Turntail means one who turns tail, or flees in cowardice.
What part of speech is turntail?
Turntail is a noun.
What is the plural of turntail?
The plural of turntail is turntails.

Words near turntail in the dictionary

  1. turntabling
  2. turntablism
  3. turntablisms
  4. turntablist
  5. turntablists
  6. turntail
  7. turntails
  8. turntippet
  9. turntippets
  10. Turnu Măgurele
  11. Turnu Ruieni

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: turntail (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “turntail.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/turntail. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.