bobtail

Plural: bobtails

Noun

• a short or shortened tail of certain animals
• large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain
• A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
• An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
• A tractor which performs without its trailer.
• A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
• A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
• The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer.
• An open-ended straight or four flush.
• A bobtail squid.
• A bobtail skink.

Adjective Satellite

• having a short or shortened tail
  • "bobtail mare"

Verb

Verb Forms: bobtailed, bobtailing, bobtails

• To cut an animal's tail short or to shorten something abruptly.
• To drive a tractor without its trailer.
• To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.

Examples

• a bobtail flush
• He had to BOBTAIL his long word idea when he realized he was missing a key letter.

Synonyms

bob, bobtailed, dock, Old English sheepdog

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