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Definition: Tusk |
TuskNoun1. A hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses. 2. A long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog. Verb1. Stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; of animals. 2. Remove the tusks of animals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tusk" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Synonyms: TuskSynonyms: ivory (n), detusk (v), horn (v). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Animals with tusks include elephants, hippopotamuses, walruses, and narwhals.
Tusks are used to produce ivory, which is used in artifacts and jewelry, and formerly in other items such as piano keys.
Since most tusk-bearing mammals are endangered (especially the African elephant), the ivory trade is severely restricted by the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). It is unknown if or when this restriction will end.
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Considered somewhat "quirky", Tusk did not achieve the level of success of its predecessor, Rumours. However, it still went double-platinum (U.S. sales in excess of two million copies).
The somewhat unusual title track, featuring the University of Southern California's marching band, proved to be a hit, reaching the Billboard top 10.
On June 24, 2003, this album is due to be re-issued on Rhino Records along with Fleetwood Mac (1976) and Rumours (1977).
External link
Tusk (album)
Track Listing for Disc 1
Track Listing for Disc 2
Top Hits
In 2002, Camper Van Beethoven, an alternative/new wave/punk rock group, released a full cover of the original Tusk. The cover art and track listings are identical.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tusk."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sharpness | Nib, tooth, tusk; spoke, cog, ratchet. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tusk |
| English words defined with "tusk": Haaf, horn ♦ Monodon monoceros ♦ narwal, narwhal, narwhale ♦ scrimshaw, sheathe ♦ Tusk-shell. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tusk": Dun Cow. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tusk": Tuscor. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tusk" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Manx (tusk). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I left my little baby tusk under my pillow and didn't get nothing! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; writing credit: Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Tusk Tusk (1960) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Music |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Mammoth Tusk found along Bridge Creek. Credit: Scott Thomas. |  | Boar's Tusk at sunset, Rock Springs Field Office. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |
 | Wild Horses and Boar's Tusk, Rock Springs Field Office. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |  | Ivory tusk of a walrus which was carved by an Eskimo and presented to President Taft. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Vanuatu | The triangle remaining is black with a yellow pig tusk curved around crossed palm fronds. (references) |
Political Economy | Poland | PO is a center-right grouping established in January 2001 by three influential politicians: Maciej Plazynski, Marshal of the Sejm, Donald Tusk, Vice Marshal of the Senate, and Andrzej Olechowski, former Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs (in last year's presidential elections he ran second). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tusk" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 96.77% of the time. "Tusk" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 96.77% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.23% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 31 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tusk": Elephant's tusk ♦ tusk shell. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tusk": tusk-shell, tusk-teeth. | |
Ending with "tusk": elephant-tusk. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tusk | 343 | narwhal tusk | 3 |
tusk fleetwood mac | 12 | barracuda saber tusk | 3 |
black tusk | 10 | harlequin tusk fish | 3 |
ivory tusk | 10 | tusk handbag | 3 |
energy tusk | 8 | lyrics tusk | 3 |
elephant tusk | 7 | tusk walrus | 3 |
harlequin tusk | 7 | luggage tag tusk | 3 |
tusk wallet | 7 | boars tusk wyoming | 3 |
mammoth tusk | 5 | mammoth sale tusk | 2 |
black realty tusk | 4 | blue tusk | 2 |
leather tusk | 4 | elephant tusk for sale | 2 |
fleetwood lyrics mac tusk | 4 | off road tusk | 2 |
black gallery tusk | 3 | boars tusk | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tusk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | çatall (bucktooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مزق بالأنياب, ناب (canine, cuspid, fang, represent, sub, substitute, tooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | бивник (ivory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 象牙 (Ivory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | kel (germ), špièák. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | brosme (cusk, torsk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | torsk (cusk, torsk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سوراخ کردن یاکندن(بادندان), عاج (Ivory), دندان نیش اسب , دندان گرازحیوانات , دندان عاج فیل , دندان درازوتیز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | keila (pin, skittle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tusk, torsk, loquette, défense d'éléphant, déchirer par des défenses, brosmes, brosme, \USK. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Stoßzahn, Hauer (face-worker, Fang, Hewer, tusks). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μπρόσμιος (cusk, torsk), χαυλιόδοντασ (tush), χαυλιόδουσ (tush). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | agyar (Fang). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | taring (caninetooth, eye tooth, fang), caling (canine tooth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | zanna (Fang), USK (cusk(= fish)), brosmio (cusk, cusk(= fish), torsk), brosme (cusk, torsk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 牙 (fang). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きば (fang, horse-riding, lumberyard). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 엄니. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tusk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | usktay presa (acquisition, booty, chase, clutch, fang, gain, hold, nipper, prey, quarry, ravin, swag, talon), dente comprido, bolota (acorn, pendant, trinket). (various references) fildeş (ivory), dinte (claw, cog, Dent, Fang, jag, prong, spur, tooth), colţ (aiguille, angle, cliff, corner, Fang, nest, nook, quoin, spot, stump, tooth). (various references) бивень. (various references) traille (the fish tusk), tosg (a hack, a peat-cutter, a tusk), starr-fhiacail (a tusk or gag-tooth). (various references) kljova (fang). (various references) colmillo (dog-tooth, eyetooth, Fang). (various references) bete (act, bait, behave, Fang, gudgeon, lure, pasturage, pasturage on grass, pasture, tusk (a tooth)). (various references) uzun diş, fildişi (ivory). (various references) ікло (canine, cuspid, dog-tooth, Fang). (various references) ysgithr (fang). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Brosme brosme, Brosme brosme (Ascanius), Brosmius brosme, USK. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tusk": tusked, tusker, tuskers, tusking, tuskless, tusklike, tusks. (additional references) | |
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"Tusk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eusko, fusk, gusk, jusk, nusk, taskl, tesk, tisk, Tohsaku, toks, tomsk, torsk, Tosk, Tpus, tsik, tsk, tsu, tsui, tsup, Tuak, tuesd, tuik, tuk, Tulk, tus, tusc, tuse, tuss, Tutko, Tuus, Tuzcu, tuzi, Tuzo, Tzus, usc. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tusk" (pronounced tu"sk) |
| 3 | -u" s k | brusque, Busk, Cusk, dusk, husk, musk, Rusk. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "k-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: tsk, uts. | |
-2 letters: us, ut. | |
| Words containing the letters "k-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: stuck, stunk, tucks, turks, tusks. | |
+2 letters: knouts, krauts, kurtas, musket, muskit, outask, struck, sukkot, sunket, taluks, thunks, trucks, trunks, tupiks, tusked, tusker. | |
+3 letters: auklets, buckets, junkets, kashrut, kistful, klutzes, krubuts, kulturs, misteuk, muktuks, murkest, muskets, muskits, muskrat, netsuke, outasks, outkiss, outsulk, outtask, punkest, sackbut, sickout, sputnik, stackup, stickum, stickup, subtask, sukkoth, sunkets, takeups, talukas, tanukis, tuckers, tuckets, tugriks, turfski, turkeys, turkois, tuskers, tusking, tussock, tussuck, unknits, unknots, unstack, unstick, unstuck, untacks, untucks, uptakes, upticks. | |
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