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bucktail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
buck-tail
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.

noun

The end of a rivet opposite the factory head, which in a solid rivet may be bucked by holding a heavy bucking bar or similar-purposed tool against it, while the factory head is hammered until the bucktail is upset into an appropriate shape, most commonly pancake-shaped; the mandrel of a blind rivet generally upsets the bucktail into a doughnut-shape when it is pulled.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From buck + tail.

Inflected Forms

bucktails (plural)

Questions

What does bucktail mean?
The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
Where does bucktail come from?
From buck + tail.

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