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tusk

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/ˈtʌsk/
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/ˈtʌsk/ · /ˈtʊsk/ · /ˈtuːsk/

Definition of tusk

11 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
    “Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.”
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noun

  1. One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth (either cuspids or incisors) that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
    “Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.”
  2. A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
  3. A tusk shell.
  4. A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
  5. A sharp point.
  6. The share of a plough.
  7. An edible fish, Brosme brosme.

verb

  1. To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
  2. To gore with the tusks.
  3. (obsolete)To bare or gnash the teeth.

name

  1. A male surname from Kashubian

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Etymology

From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūx, tūsc (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs…

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From Middle English tusk (also tux, tusch), from Old English tūx, tūsc (“canine tooth, tusk, molar”), from Proto-West Germanic *tų̄sk, *tunsk, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz (“canine tooth”), extended form of *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“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 𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌸𐌿𐍃 (tunþus, “tooth”) and *𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌹 (*tundi, “thorn, tooth”). Doublet of tush. More at tooth.

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