ADJ

long
short
bushy, curly, curved, forked, pointed
muscular, prehensile

VERB + TAIL

flick, swish, thrash, wag, whisk
The dog wagged its tail furiously
dock
It used to be fashionable to dock horses' tails

TAIL + VERB

twitch, wag, wave
The dog ran out with its tail wagging madly

TAIL + NOUN

feathers, fin

TAIL + NOUN

section
The plane's tail section had broken off
fin, light

PREP

at the ~
the truck at the tail of our convoy

PHRASES

nose to tail
Traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely