Definition of: tusk

(tusk) noun
1. A long, pointed tooth, as in the boar, walrus, or elephant.
2. A sharp, projecting, toothlike point.
3. A shoulder on a tenon, to strengthen it at its base; also, a tenon having such a shoulder.
—v.t.
1. To gore with the tusks.
2. To root up with the tusks. Also tush. [Metathetic var. of OE tux]
—tusked (tuskt) adjective
—tusk′less adjective
—tusk′·like′ adjective