Definition of bobtailing Bobtailing
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What does bobtailing mean?
Wiktionary 
- bobtailing (Verb)
Present participle of bobtail.
Part of speech
🔤- bobtailing, verb, gerund of bobtail (infinitive).
WordNet
NounPlural: bobtails |
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| bobtail - a short or shortened tail of certain animals | ||
| bob, dock | ||
| tail the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body | ||
| bobtail - large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain | ||
| Old English sheepdog | ||
Adjectivebobtail, bobtailer, bobtailest |
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| bobtail - having a short or shortened tail; "bobtail mare" | ||
| bobtailed | ||
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Wiktionary
- bobtail (Noun)
A short, or deliberately shortened tail. - bobtail (Noun)
Hence, also said of some animals that have a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags. - bobtail (Noun)
A tractor which performs without its trailer. - bobtail (Verb)
To drive a tractor without its trailer. - bobtail (Verb)
To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- bobtail (n.)
An animal (as a horse or dog) with a short tail. - bobtail (a.)
Bobtailed.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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bobtail
bob′tāl, n. a short or cut tail: a word applied in contempt to the rabble, as in 'tag-rag and bobtail.'—adj. Bob′tailed, with tail cut short
