'Tusk' definitions:
Definition of 'tusk'
(from WordNet)
noun
A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: ivory, tusk]
noun
A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog
verb
Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer" [syn: horn, tusk]
verb
Remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: tusk, detusk]
Definition of 'Tusk'
From: GCIDE
- Tusk \Tusk\, n. [OE. tusk, the same word as tusch, AS. tusc. See Tush a tooth.]
- 1. (Zool.) One of the elongated incisor or canine teeth of the wild boar, elephant, etc.; hence, any long, protruding tooth. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Zool.) A toothshell, or Dentalium; -- called also tusk-shell. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Carp.) A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets. Thus, in the illustration, a is the tusk, and each of the several parts, or offsets, is called a tooth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Tusk'
From: GCIDE
- Tusk \Tusk\ (t[u^]sk), v. i. To bare or gnash the teeth. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tusk'
From: GCIDE
- Torsk \Torsk\, n. [Dan.; akin to Icel. [thorn]orskr a codfish, G. dorsch.] (Zool.) (a) The cusk. See Cusk. (b) The codfish. Called also tusk. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'tusk'
From: GCIDE
- Cusk \Cusk\ (k[u^]sk), n. (Zool.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tusk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baby tooth,
- bicuspid,
- bucktooth,
- canine,
- crown,
- cuspid,
- cutter,
- deciduous tooth,
- dent,
- denticle,
- denticulation,
- dentil,
- dentition,
- dogtooth,
- eyetooth,
- fang,
- fore tooth,
- gagtooth,
- gang tooth,
- gold tooth,
- gore,
- grinder,
- horn,
- incisor,
- milk tooth,
- molar,
- peg,
- permanent tooth,
- pivot tooth,
- premolar,
- scrivello,
- snag,
- snaggletooth,
- tooth,
- tush,
- wisdom tooth