Definitions for bobtail

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bobtail bob·tail

Spelling: [bob-teyl]

IPA: /ˈbɒbˌteɪl/

Bobtail is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 151 anagrams from letters in bobtail (abbilot).

Definitions for bobtail

noun

1. a short or docked tail.
2. an animal with such a tail.

adjective

1. Also, bobtailed. having a bobtail.
2. cut short; docked; cropped.
3. shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated:

verb (used with object)

1. to cut short the tail of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect.

Origin of bobtail

First recorded in 1535-45; bob² + tail¹

Examples for bobtail

I think with that generation, so many of their hopes have been so dashed that nihilism is really a natural response.

But, those hopes were to be dashed about five weeks into my college career.

In Louisville and Baltimore, the horse had dashed to the front of the field, setting the pace.

Then a string of missteps, some self-inflicted by the White House, dashed any hope the House might act.

Johnson dashed into the base and called to his partner, 23-year-old Tantania Alexander.