ALL meanings of tusk
tusk
T t - noun tusk (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. 1
- noun tusk a long, pointed, or protruding tooth. 1
- noun tusk a projection resembling the tusk of an animal. 1
- noun tusk Also called gain. Carpentry. a diagonally cut shoulder at the end of a timber for strengthening a tenon. 1
- verb with object tusk to dig up or tear off with the tusks. 1
- verb with object tusk to gore with a tusk. 1
- verb without object tusk to dig up or thrust at the ground with the tusks. 1
- countable noun tusk The tusks of an elephant, wild boar, or walrus are its two very long, curved, pointed teeth. 0
- noun tusk a pointed elongated usually paired tooth in the elephant, walrus, and certain other mammals that is often used for fighting 0
- noun tusk the canine tooth of certain animals, esp horses 0
- noun tusk a sharp pointed projection 0
- noun tusk a tenon shaped with an additional oblique shoulder to make a stronger joint 0
- verb tusk to stab, tear, or gore with the tusks 0
- noun tusk Donald. born 1957, Polish politician; prime minister of Poland (2007–14); president of the European Council from 2014 0
- noun tusk in elephants, wild boars, walruses, etc., a very long, large, pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, projecting outside the mouth and used for defense, digging up food, etc. 0
- noun tusk any tooth or projection suggestive of a tusk 0
- verb transitive tusk to dig, gore, etc. with a tusk or tusks 0