cusk

[kuhsk]

noun, plural cusks, (especially collectively) cusk.

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

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

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Examples from the Web for cusk

Contemporary Examples of cusk

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
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
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
Cusk is a very smart, talented, harsh British writer, and these stories are about people whose lives are loosely connected.
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Curtis Sittenfeld
July 28, 2009
Cusk is so sharply observant that it would probably be terrifying to meet her.
Curtis Sittenfeld's Favorite Books
Curtis Sittenfeld
July 28, 2009

Historical Examples of cusk

The best season on this ground for cod and cusk is from April to July.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
Walter H. Rich
Cusk are here most of the year, but the season for pollock is September.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
Walter H. Rich
Cod and cusk are taken in the spring, haddock in May and June.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
Walter H. Rich
This is said to be a good cod and cusk ground the year round.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
Walter H. Rich
Cusk and cod are taken on the shoal and hake from the muddy edges about it.
Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine
Walter H. Rich

British Dictionary definitions for cusk

cusk

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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