tusk

tusk  (tsk)

n.

1. An elongated pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, extending outside of the mouth in certain animals such as the walrus, elephant, or wild boar. Also called regionally tush².

2. A long projecting tooth or toothlike part.

tr. & intr.v. tusked, tusk·ing, tusks

To gore or dig with the tusks or a tusk.

---

[Middle English tux, tusce, from Old English tx, tsc, canine tooth; see dent- in Indo-European roots.]

---

tusked adj.

---

tusk

Noun

a long pointed tooth in the elephant, walrus, and certain other mammals [Old English tūsc]

tusked adj

---

tusk  (tsk)

A long, pointed tooth, usually one of a pair, projecting from the mouth of certain animals, such as elephants, walruses, and wild pigs. Tusks are used for procuring food and as weapons.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tusk - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses ivory tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog dentin, dentine - a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth
	2.	tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog tusker - any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) boar, Sus scrofa, wild boar - Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States elephant - five-toed pachyderm tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense ivory, tusk - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses
Verb	1.	tusk - stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer" horn pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
	2.	tusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" detusk remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

Translations

tusk [tʌsk] n → colmillo

---

tusk [tʌsk] n → défense f (d'éléphant)

---

tusk [tʌsk] n [of elephant] → Stoßzahn m

---

tusk [tʌsk] n → zanna