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tusk
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?sk/
- Rhymes: -?sk
Etymology 1
From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English t?sc (“canine tooth, tusk”), from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?dónts (“tooth”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tusk (“tooth”), West Frisian tosk (“tooth”), Icelandic toskur (“a tusk, tooth”) (whence the Old Norse and Icelandic Ratatoskr and Ratatoskur respectively), Gothic ???????????????????????? (tunþus, “tooth”) and *???????????????????? (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.
Noun
tusk (plural tusks)
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
- Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A tusk shell.
- (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- A sharp point.
- The share of a plough.
Translations
Verb
tusk (third-person singular simple present tusks, present participle tusking, simple past and past participle tusked)
- To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
- To gore with the tusks.
- (obsolete) To bare or gnash the teeth.
Related terms
- tusked
- tusker
- tusklike
- tusky
- tusk tenon
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “tusk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tusk (plural tusks)
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
Ludian
Etymology
Related to Finnish tuska. Ultimately from Russian ?????? (toská, “melancholy”).
Noun
tusk
- pain
Middle English
Alternative forms
- tux, tuxe, tosk, tuske, twuxe
Etymology
From Old English t?x, from earlier t?sc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Compare tusshe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tusk/, /tuks/
Noun
tusk (plural tuskes)
- A tusk (protruding long tooth)
- Any long and sharp tooth.
- (rare) The end of a spear.
Derived terms
- tusky
- tuskyd
Descendants
- English: tusk
- Scots: tusk
References
- “tusk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-22.
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- tosk
Etymology
Cognate with Old English t?sc.
Noun
tusk m
- tooth
Inflection
Descendants
- West Frisian: tosk
Veps
Etymology
Related to Finnish tuska. Ultimately from Russian ?????? (toská, “melancholy”).
Noun
tusk
- boredom
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tusked
English
Adjective
tusked (not comparable)
- Furnished with tusks; having tusks.
Verb
tusked
- simple past tense and past participle of tusk
Anagrams
- detusk
Middle English
Adjective
tusked
- Alternative form of tuskyd
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