cusk

[ kuhsk ]

/ kʌsk /

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noun, plural cusks, (especially collectively) cusk.

an edible marine fish, Brosme brosme, of North Atlantic coastal waters.

the burbot.

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Origin of cusk

1610–20, Americanism; probably variant of tusk kind of fish <Scandinavian; compare Norwegian tosk, variant of torsk, cognate with Old Norse thorskr codfish

Words nearby cusk

cushiony, Cushitic, Cushman, cushty, cushy, cusk, cusk-eel, CUSO, cusp, cuspal, cuspate

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How to use cusk in a sentence

For Cusk, it is “a jigsaw dismantled into a heap of broken-edged pieces.”
If You Read This Book, You Will Not Get Married|Melissa Holbrook Pierson|August 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Cusk knows this, of course; she is of the cerebral breed that is used to thinking their way out of any situation.
If You Read This Book, You Will Not Get Married|Melissa Holbrook Pierson|August 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
To the consummate writer (as Cusk spectacularly is), events like divorce issue a challenge: Own me, comprehend me—write me!
If You Read This Book, You Will Not Get Married|Melissa Holbrook Pierson|August 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Cusk is a very smart, talented, harsh British writer, and these stories are about people whose lives are loosely connected.
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Cusk is so sharply observant that it would probably be terrifying to meet her.
Curtis Sittenfeld's Favorite Books|Curtis Sittenfeld|July 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Seven or eight small haddock and cusk, and then once more the trawl began to yield hake.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman
Mingled with them was an occasional lonesome skeleton of a haddock, cusk, or hake.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman|Albert Walter Tolman
Cod, pollock, and cusk are here in the spring, and haddock are abundant in the fall.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine|Walter H. Rich
Cusk are on the eastern portion in from 60 to 70 fathoms virtually the year around.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine|Walter H. Rich
Cod and cusk are here the year around, the cod being most abundant in the spring.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine|Walter H. Rich

British Dictionary definitions for cusk

cusk

/ (kʌsk) /

noun plural cusks or cusk

US and Canadian a gadoid food fish, Brosmius brosme, of northern coastal waters, having a single long dorsal finaslo called torsk

Word Origin for cusk

C17: probably alteration of tusk of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Norse thorskr codfish

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