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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tusk /tʌsk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Zoologyan animal tooth developed to great length, usually one of a pair, as in the elephant.
tusked, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tusk (tusk),USA pronunciation n. - Zoology(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.
- Zoologya long, pointed, or protruding tooth.
- a projection resembling the tusk of an animal.
- BuildingAlso called gain. [Carpentry.]a diagonally cut shoulder at the end of a timber for strengthening a tenon.
v.t. - Animal Behaviorto dig up or tear off with the tusks.
- Animal Behaviorto gore with a tusk.
v.i. - Animal Behaviorto dig up or thrust at the ground with the tusks.
- bef. 900; Middle English, metathetic variant of tux, Old English, variant of tusc tush2; cognate with Old Frisian tusk; akin to tooth
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