tusk

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈtʌsk/ (Northern England) IPA(key): /ˈtʊsk/ Rhymes: -ʌsk === Etymology 1 === 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. ==== Noun ==== tusk (plural tusks) One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth 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. A small projection on a (tusk) tenon. A tusk shell. (carpentry) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth. A sharp point. The share of a plough. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== tusk (third-person singular simple present tusks, present participle tusking, simple past and past participle tusked) To dig up using a tusk, as boars do. To gore with the tusks. (obsolete) To bare or gnash the teeth. ==== Related terms ==== tusked tusker tusklike tusky tusk tenon ==== References ==== Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “tusk”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. “tusk” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC. === Etymology 2 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== tusk (plural tusks) A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme). == Kashubian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtusk/ Rhymes: -usk Syllabification: tusk === Noun === tusk m animal dog === Further reading === Witold Taszycki (2000-2001), Onomastica‎[1], volume 45, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Zdzisława Stiebera, editor (1964), Atlas językowy kaszubszczyzny i dialektów sąsiednich‎[2], Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich == Ludian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old East Slavic тъска (tŭska). Related to Finnish tuska and Veps tusk. === Noun === tusk pain == Middle English == === Alternative forms === tux, tuxe, tosk, tuske, twuxe === Etymology === From Old English tūx, from earlier tūsc, from Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz. Compare tusshe. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tusk/, /tuks/ === Noun === tusk (plural tuskes) A tusk (protruding long tooth) Any long and sharp tooth. (rare) The end of a spear. ==== Derived terms ==== tusky tuskyd ==== Descendants ==== English: tusk Scots: tusk ==== References ==== “tusk, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 22 July 2018. == Old Frisian == === Alternative forms === tōth === Etymology === Cognate with Old English tūsc. === Noun === tusk m tooth ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: tus Goesharde: tosch, tusch Halligen: toske Mooring: täis Sylt: Ter Wiedingharde: tuis Saterland Frisian: Tusk West Frisian: tosk == Veps == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old East Slavic тъска (tŭska) (compare Russian тоска́ (toská, “melancholy”)). === Noun === tusk depression, melancholy, grief, suffering ==== Declension ====