to tusk

Examples

• All

• The wild boar tusked the farmer during the attack.

• The rhinoceros tusked its rival in a territorial battle.

• In the documentary, an elephant was shown tusking a tree to mark its territory.

• Did the walrus tusk the ice?

• The elephant will tusk the tree bark to get at the softer wood inside.

• If threatened, the boar will tusk its opponent fiercely in self-defense.

• During the fight, the rhinoceros began to tusk the other animal with its sharp horn.

Synonyms

G

to gore

vsto tusk

• NSFW

9 7.4

To wound by piercing with an animal's horn or tusk

refers specifically to an animal stabbing using its pointed facial projection

S

to spear

vsto tusk

8 4.9

To pierce something with a long sharp point like a stick or fork

describes the same stabbing action done by an animal's pointed facial projection

H

to horn

vsto tusk

1 8.0

To stab or pierce with a hard point on an animal's head

has identical meaning but uses a different term for the same action

Compounds

T

tusk shell

• Specialized

1 9.9

A small sea animal with a long tube-shaped shell open at both ends

E

elephant-tusk

• US

9.9

A plant with large pale flowers and a long curved beak-like seed pod

How Forceful

to impale

• Offensive

32 7.7

to tusk

1 8.4

to stab

• NSFW

628 2.7

to jab

48 3.3

poke

17 2.5

Surface Forms

Etymology