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
Ducks coach Dana Altman said Dante had a bruised tailbone.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 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
I ran out, breathless, my heart beating fast, chills curling my tailbone.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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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