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The correct spelling is tusk.
How to pronounce tusk
noun
IPA: /ˈtʌsk/
Say it like: Tus-k
The correct spelling is tusk. One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar. For example: "Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade."
Usage Examples
“Until the CITES sales ban, elephant tusks were the 'backbone' of the legal ivory trade.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar.
- 2.A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- 3.A tusk shell.
- 4.A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
- 5.A sharp point.
verb
- 1.To dig up using a tusk, as boars do.
- 2.To gore with the tusks.
- 3.To bare or gnash the teeth.
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