tailbone
Americannoun
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tailbones
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of tailbone
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For his part, the unnamed 17-year-old said in a since-deleted social media post that he suffered six fractured vertebrae and a badly bruised tailbone and needed nine stitches in his foot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
"I was like, 'Trust me, she's a performer, but she actually just fell and broke her tailbone... and she's in a wheelchair'," the actor says.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025
He missed time during Washington’s 2023 fall camp, too, after bruising his tailbone so badly he was unable to get in his defensive stance or even sit down for weeks.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
Following this evolutionary split, the group of apes that includes present-day humans evolved the formation of fewer tail vertebrae, giving rise to the coccyx, or tailbone.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 28, 2024
But Gran has taken good care of me and my tailbone has become her project.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
So far, they know they have found a leg, hip, pelvis, a couple of tailbones and a good chunk of the skull, Lyson said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 3, 2024
She said that if a bunch of people just came in off the street, she’d estimate that only half would be able to do the pose with their tailbones down.
From Slate ● May 6, 2023
On TikTok, chiropractors are stretching chubby legs, massaging infant tailbones and tracing the tiny vertebrae of baby spines, touting a range of unproven treatments for newborns, babies and toddlers.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 15, 2022
And when the bow slammed into the wall of water ahead, their bodies crashed back to the deck, jarring their tailbones and bruising their legs.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
Some wore pillow-size stuffed animal turtles around their rumps to protect their tailbones in a fall.
From New York Times ● Nov. 27, 2019
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