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bobtailed

bobtailed is the simple past and past participle of bobtail.

Meaning of bobtail

Verb

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

  1. To drive a tractor without its trailer.
    • 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/sheffi.html?pg=2&topic=&topic_set=
      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:https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131035/http://bergmanns.com/company_history.asp
      W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...

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Adjective

bobtailed (not comparable)

  1. Having a bobtail.

Questions about bobtailed

What does bobtailed mean?
Bobtailed means having a bobtail.
What is bobtailed the simple past and past participle of?
Bobtailed is the simple past and past participle of bobtail.
What part of speech is bobtailed?
Bobtailed is an adjective.

Words near bobtailed in the dictionary

  1. bobtail skinks
  2. bobtail squid
  3. bobtail squids
  4. bobtail trophon
  5. bobtail trophons
  6. bobtailed
  7. bobtailing
  8. bobtails
  9. bobuck
  10. bobucks
  11. Bobundara

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