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Definitions for Tusk

[1] (in certain animals) a tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant, walrus, and wild boar, but singly in the narwhal.
[2] a long, pointed, or protruding tooth.
[3] a projection resembling the tusk of an animal.
[4] Also called gain. Carpentry . a diagonally cut shoulder at the end of a timber for strengthening a tenon.
[5] to dig up or tear off with the tusks.
[6] to gore with a tusk.
[7] to dig up or thrust at the ground with the tusks.
[8] a pointed elongated usually paired tooth in the elephant, walrus, and certain other mammals that is often used for fighting
[9] the canine tooth of certain animals, esp horses
[10] a sharp pointed projection
[11] Also called: tusk tenon building trades a tenon shaped with an additional oblique shoulder to make a stronger joint
[12] to stab, tear, or gore with the tusks

Words related to Tusk

ivory, tush, canine, tooth, incisor, fang

Words nearby Tusk

tush, tushery, tushie, tushy, tusi, tusk, tusk shell, tuskegee, tusker, tussah, tussal

Origin of Tusk

before 900; Middle English, metathetic variant of tux, Old English, variant of tusc tush2; cognate with Old Frisian tusk; akin to tooth

Other words from Tusk

tusk·less , adjective
tusk·like , adjective
un·tusked , adjective

Word origin for Tusk

Old English tūsc ; related to Old Frisian tosk ; see tooth

Synonyms for Tusk

ivory, canine, fang, incisor, tooth, tush