tusker

tusk·er

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tuhs-ker]
- /ˈtʌs kər/
- /ˈtʌ.skə/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tuhs-ker]
- /ˈtʌs kər/

Definitions of tusker word

noun tusker an animal with tusks, as an elephant or a wild boar. 1
noun tusker any animal with prominent tusks, esp a wild boar or elephant 0
noun tusker an animal with tusks 0

See all 3 definitions of tusker

Information block about the term

Origin of tusker

First appearance:

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

First recorded in 1855-60; tusk + -er1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tusker

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Tusker

tusker popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

tusker usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer

Synonyms for tusker

noun tusker

boar — A boar or a wild boar is a wild pig.
mastodon — a massive, elephantlike mammal of the genus Mammut (Mastodon), that flourished worldwide from the Miocene through the Pleistocene epochs and, in North America, into recent times, having long, curved upper tusks and, in the male, short lower tusks.
elephant — A heavy plant-eating mammal with a prehensile trunk, long curved ivory tusks, and large ears, native to Africa and southern Asia. It is the largest living land animal.
mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.

All 4 Synonyms of tusker