bobtail

English edit

Etymology edit

bob +‎ tail

Pronunciation edit

(US)* IPA^(key): /ˈbɑbteɪl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun edit

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.
1. 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 edit

Translations edit

tail

Finnish: töpöhäntä (fi)
Ido: kaudeto (io)
Irish: bob m, bob eireaball m

animal

Finnish: töpöhäntä (fi)
Spanish: colín (es) (adj.)

tractor

Finnish: nuppi (fi)

Verb edit

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[1]
  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:[2]
  W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...

References edit

Encarta World English Dictionary, North American Edition
TWNA trucking terms and glossary
What is "bobtailing"?, Facts About Trucks, 2007.

Czech edit

Noun edit

bobtail m anim

Old English Sheepdog

Declension edit

Declension of bobtail (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	bobtail	bobtailové
genitive	bobtaila	bobtailů
dative	bobtailovi, bobtailu	bobtailům
accusative	bobtaila	bobtaily
vocative	bobtaile	bobtailové
locative	bobtailovi, bobtailu	bobtailech
instrumental	bobtailem	bobtaily