| Noun | 1. | tusk - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walrusestusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog dentin, dentine - a calcareous material harder and denser than bone that comprises the bulk of a tooth | |
| 2. | tusk - a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hogtusker - any mammal with prominent tusks (especially an elephant or wild boar) tooth - hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense ivory, tusk - a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses | |
| Verb | 1. | tusk - stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer"pierce, thrust - penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument | |
| 2. | tusk - remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant"remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, taking off, etc. or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" | |