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Definition of 'tusk'Etymology 1
From (etyl) tusk (also tux, tusch), from (etyl) . More at (l).
Noun
( en-noun)
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 .
Verb
( en-verb)
To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
(obsolete) To bare or gnash the teeth.
Related terms
* tusked
* tusker
* tusklike
* tusky
* tusk tenon
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Etymology 2
Similar to 'tusk'tick, thick, took, teek, tack, tik, thack, teak, tweak, task, tuck, tyek, tweek, tock, tteok, tsk, tawk, thock, thwok, teuk
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