bobtail

bob +‎ tail

• (US)* IPA^(key): /ˈbɑbteɪl/

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bobtail (plural bobtails)

1. A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
2. An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
3. (agriculture) A tractor which performs without its trailer.
4. A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
   1. The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer
5. (poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.

   a bobtail flush

6. A bobtail squid
7. A bobtail skink

bobtail (third-person singular simple present bobtails, present participle bobtailing, simple past and past participle bobtailed)

1. (agriculture) To drive a tractor without its trailer.
   • 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12

     He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing".

2. To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
   • 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:

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

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

bobtail m anim

1. Old English Sheepdog