tusk

Speech parts

1. tusk - Noun

2. tusk - Verb

Meaning

Same as Torsk.

One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth.

A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell.

A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth.

To bare or gnash the teeth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ivory fang horn canine tooth detusk gore manatee nib peg spike dent tine tooth canine molar
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Antonyms

black base basis

Hypernyms

pierce take remove thrust withdraw dentine

Phrases with the word

tusk-like tusk-shaped tusk tenon whale with a tusk

Anagrams

Tsuk

Examples

This devilish Euro maniac is doing his best to keep the United Kingdom bound by the chains of EU bureaucracy and control. It is Tusk and his arrogant EU negotiators who have fanned the flames of fear in an attempt to try and overturn the result of the referendum. Sammy Wilson

tusk an elephant Source: Internet

the rhino horned the explorer Source: Internet

At least one-third of the tusk contains the pulp and some have nerves stretching to the tip. Source: Internet

Ahead of the summit, the European Council President Donald Tusk said the US ought to remember who its friends are. Source: Internet

In 2019, Musk voiced a mutated version of himself named Elon Tusk on the Adult Swim animated show Rick and Morty. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tushy Tusing tusionite tusk tenon tusk-like tusk-shaped