noun
Meaning 1
A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
bobtail
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US: /ˈbɑbteɪl/
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noun
Meaning 2
An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
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noun
Meaning 3
A tractor which performs without its trailer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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noun
Meaning 4
A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
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noun
Meaning 5
A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer.
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noun
Meaning 6
An open-ended straight or four flush.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
Topics: card-games, poker
Examples
- a bobtail flush
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noun
Meaning 7
A bobtail squid.
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noun
Meaning 8
A bobtail skink.
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verb
Meaning 9
To drive a tractor without its trailer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
Examples
- 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/sheffi.html?pg=2&topic=&topic_set= He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing".
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verb
Meaning 10
To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131035/http://bergmanns.com/company_history.asp W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"... picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having a short or shortened tail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- bobtail mare
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Synonyms: bobtailed
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noun
Meaning 12
large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Old English sheepdog
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Broader terms: shepherd dog, sheepdog, sheep dog
noun
Meaning 13
a short or shortened tail of certain animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bob, dock
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tail
History
Etymology
From bob + tail.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: töpöhäntä — tail
- Ido: kaudeto — tail
- Irish: bob — tail
- Irish: bob eireaball — tail
- Polish: krótki ogon — tail
- Finnish: töpöhäntä — animal
- Polish: zwierzę krótkoogonowe — animal
- Spanish: colín — animal
- Finnish: nuppi — tractor
- Polish: ciągnik siodłowy bez naczepy — tractor
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