Coattail

What do we mean by coattail?

The loose back part of a coat that hangs below the waist. noun

The skirts of a formal or dress coat. noun

(on the coattails of) As a result of the success of another. idiom

(on the coattails of) Immediately following or as a direct result of. idiom

The loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist. noun

The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist. noun

Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it. noun

The loose back flap of a coat that hangs below the waist noun

The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.

(usually in the plural) Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it.

It's like when someone imitates someone else or does something cool after someone else already made it cool, basically saying someone is "riding the coat tails" of the person before them. Urban Dictionary

To increase one's reputation through connections to someone with a better reputation Urban Dictionary

One who excels at the act of coattailing. A professional coattailer. Urban Dictionary

(n.) Usually male, a person who tries to leverage previous face time to sleep with or "date" someone that's been involved with a friend. Urban Dictionary

Any additional thank you's added to an original thank you. A coattail thank you requires less sincerity and initiative. Urban Dictionary

The act of crossing the street because someone before you has already crossed and caused traffic to stop. In effect, jay walking because someone else already has. Urban Dictionary

Men with little talent or life skills who ride the "coattails" of the attractive females to get by in live. A guy with a hot girlfriend that positions himself as her "manager," "agent" or "mandatory co-participant" in modeling/sex worker activities. Mediocre Male porn actor who establishes clout through his more popular and sought after girlfriend/partner. Urban Dictionary

A political candidate that gains a great deal of popularity primarily from family name, vise from receiving recognition through his or her own limited accumulative achievements within time of service. Term derived from the adage, "riding on coattails," more often in reference of a son, gaining influence by the popularity of his father, without achieving influence on his own merits. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to coattail:
coattail, cattail, coat-tail, coat tail, boattail, cocktail, coastal, contrail, rattail, coattails, cowtail, boat-tail, cat-tail, boat tail, cat tail.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word coattail:
foo, riders, effect, taylor, candidates, presidential, popular, band, records, album, party.

Words that rhyme with coattail:
scale, rail, pale, hail, entail, trail, mail, avail, email, whale, sale, detail, tail, prevail, nail, bail, cocktail, fail, curtail, ale, sail, tale, veil, assail, hale, retail, stale, gale, bale, frail, quail, travail, vale, wail, male, dovetail, blackmail, flail, wholesale, swale, zale, telltale, voicemail, pail, dale, ail, braille, kale, grail, shale, jail, female, upscale, snail, wale, vail, derail, unveil, impale, exhale, yale, surveil, fairytale, inhale, abigail, holy grail, foxtail, quale, cale, gmail, guardrail, ponytail, thumbnail, handrail, brail, greenmail, gael, dwale, gail, dail, orrell, toenail, resale, monorail, fantail, martingale, airedale, horsetail, clydesdale, countervail, folktale, airmail, soleil, hobnail, biennale, faille, kail, calle, salle, shail.

Adjectives that are often used to describe coattail:
presidential, long, military.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective coattail:
effects, voting, influence.

Consonant match to coattail:
cat-tail, kite tail.

Words that sound like coattail:
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