rat-tail

slang

(slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.

Japanese Meaning

「rat-tail」は、斜めにしっかりとねじられて作られたタオルの一端がムチのようになっている状態のタオルを指す俗語です。主に子供のいたずらで使われることが多い表現です。

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Kids in the locker room started a prank, flicking each other with a rat-tail until the coach intervened.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ロッカールームで子どもたちが悪ふざけを始め、コーチが止めに入るまでねじったタオルのムチでお互いをはたいていた。

Details

Sense（1）

(slang) A towel that has been tightly twisted along the diagonal to make a rudimentary whip with a towel corner at the tip, typically used in juvenile pranks.

Sense（2）

An excrescence growing from the pastern to the middle of the shank of a horse.

Sense（3）

A fish, the California chimera, Hydrolagus colliei, syn. Chimaera colliei.

Sense（4）

Any fish of the genus Macrourus; a grenadier.

rat-tails

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