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waxing someone's tail

waxing someone's tail is the present participle and gerund of wax someone's tail.

Meaning of wax someone's tail

Verb

wax someone's tail (third-person singular simple present waxes someone's tail, present participle waxing someone's tail, simple past and past participle waxed someone's tail)

  1. (slang) To lock one's weapons onto the tail of an enemy aircraft.

Questions about waxing someone's tail

What is waxing someone's tail the present participle and gerund of?
Waxing someone's tail is the present participle and gerund of wax someone's tail.

Words near waxing someone's tail in the dictionary

  1. waxing moon
  2. waxing moons
  3. waxing on
  4. waxing philosophical
  5. waxing poetic
  6. waxing someone's tail
  7. waxing the dolphin
  8. waxing up
  9. waxing wode
  10. waxings
  11. waxish

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