tusker
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An animal, such as a bull elephant or a boar, with large tusks.
Example Sentences
- "By climbing trees they had had a fairly good view of the herd, which they described as numbering several large tuskers, a great many cows and calves, and full-grown bulls whose ivory would be worth having."
- "The massive tusker leading the herd stopped in his tracks. His ears went out, his long sinuous trunk up."
- "Negotiations to acquire a fine tusker from one young partner in another village fell through; so on the eve of the actual feast, Songi humiliated him by asking him to come to the feast as if he were the rival chief, the guest of honor. The man was deeply shamed by the invitation since he could not possibly reciprocate, and he had to send the tusker itself as payment for the invitation gifts."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tunþskaz Proto-West Germanic *tunsk Old English tūsc Old English tūx Middle English tusk English tusk English -er English tusker From tusk + -er.
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
tuskers (plural)
tuskar (alternative)
toysker (alternative)
tushkar (alternative)
tushker (alternative)
twiscar (alternative)