Tailing

Pronunciation: /ˈteɪlɪŋ/

Tailing (noun)

  1. The act of following someone or something closely, often to watch where they go.
  2. Waste material left after extracting useful minerals, kept as a slurry in a tailings pond.
  3. A process where liquid from drilling or cleaning is collected as it flows out, often with solids.

Examples

  • The reporter kept tailing the suspect through the crowd.
  • The guard stayed on tailing duty until the threat passed.

Tailing (adjective)

  1. Not keeping up; moving a little behind the main group or expected progress.

Examples

  • I am tailing behind the others in the group project.
  • The train was tailing behind schedule by a few minutes.