tux

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See also: Tux and TUX

English

Pronunciation

Noun

tux (plural tuxes)

  1. (colloquial) Clipping of tuxedo.
    • 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, The Guardian:
      After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes.

Middle English

Noun

tux

  1. Alternative form of tusk

Old English

Pronunciation

Noun

tūx m

  1. Alternative form of tūsc

Declension

Derived terms

Q'eqchi

Noun

tux

  1. sprout
  2. mange

Further reading

  • Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998)