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English
Etymology
From bob + tail.
Pronunciation
Noun
bobtail (plural bobtails)
- A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
- An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
- (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
- A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
- The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer
- (poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.
- a bobtail flush
- A bobtail squid
- A bobtail skink
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
bobtail (third-person singular simple present bobtails, present participle bobtailing, simple past and past participle bobtailed)
- (agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.
- 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12
- He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing".
- To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
- 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:
- W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...
References
Czech
Noun
bobtail m anim
- Old English Sheepdog
Declension
Declension of bobtail (hard masculine animate)