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lobtail

lobtail verb: to raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface.

Verb

lobtail (third-person singular simple present lobtails, present participle lobtailing, simple past and past participle lobtailed)

  1. To raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface.

Forms of lobtail

third-person singular presentlobtails
present participlelobtailing
past participlelobtailed
pastlobtailed

Questions about lobtail

What does lobtail mean?
Lobtail means to raise the flukes out of the water and then slap them down against the water surface.
What part of speech is lobtail?
Lobtail is a verb.
What is the past tense of lobtail?
The past tense of lobtail is lobtailed.

Words near lobtail in the dictionary

  1. lobsterwoman
  2. lobsterwomen
  3. lobstery
  4. lobstick
  5. lobsticks
  6. lobtail
  7. lobtailed
  8. lobtailing
  9. lobtailings
  10. lobtails
  11. lobucavir

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