Pigtail

Quick meaning: Pigtail is a noun meaning (literally) The tail of a pig.

Meaning

(literally) The tail of a pig.

More Meanings

1. Tobacco twisted into a string or roll.
2. A braided plait of hair; queue.
3. (electrical engineering) A short length of twisted electrical wire.
4. The flamingo flower (anthurium)
5. (medicine) Twisted stent terminal; stent-end, usually but not necessarily a different fastened part.
6. (electrical engineering) To connect wires of a circuit by means of a short additional wire.

Example Sentences

One person […] continued constantly to ply him with the very best pig-tail tobacco, which he had most carefully cut in very small pieces purposely for him.

Let padded breasts, high coat collars, stiff stocks, broad-shouldered straps, tight belts, trowser-straps and boots be consigned to the tomb of pigtails and powder.

Such a filthy spectacle as we presented I have never seen before or since, and it will perhaps give some idea of the almost superhuman dignity of Billali's appearance when I say that, coughing, half-drowned, and covered with mud and green slime as he was, with his beautiful beard coming to a dripping point, like a Chinaman's freshly-oiled pigtail, he still looked venerable and imposing.

Word Forms

• pigtails
• pig-tail
• pigtailing
• pigtailed

Synonyms for pigtail

Depending on context, synonyms include tail.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include braid, stent, pig-tail, twist, cutty-pipe, tail.

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