bobtail
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bobtail
- /ˈbɑbteɪl/ US
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From bob + tail.
noun bobtails
- 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.
- The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer.
- An open-ended straight or four flush. a bobtail flush
- A bobtail squid.
- A bobtail skink.
verb bobtails · bobtailing · bobtailed
- To drive a tractor without its trailer. 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/sheffi.html?pg=2&topic=&topic_set= 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:https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131035/http://bergmanns.com/company_history.asp W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...
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Talk about this word "bobtail." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bobtail. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bobtail. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bobtail "bobtail." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bobtail.
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@misc{bobtail_2026,
title = {bobtail},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bobtail},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
