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tux

/tʌks/

tux is the clipping of tuxedo.

Meaning of tuxedo

Noun

tuxedo (plural tuxedos or tuxedoes)

  1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men.
    • He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding.
  2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket.

See all 6 meanings of tuxedo

Proper noun capitalized: Tux

Tux

  1. A cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.

Forms of tux

pluraltuxes

Origin of tux

Coined by James Hughes as a short form of Torvalds Unix (after Linus Torvalds), perhaps also influenced by tux, referring to the tuxedo that penguins are sometimes humorously said to be wearing.

Words formed from tux

Words that rhyme with tux

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Questions about tux

What does tux mean?
Tux means a cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.
What is tux the clipping of?
Tux is the clipping of tuxedo.
What part of speech is tux?
Tux is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce tux?
Tux is pronounced /tʌks/.

Words near tux in the dictionary

  1. Tuvinians
  2. tuvirumab
  3. Tuwa
  4. tuwhit tuwhoo
  5. tuwhit tuwhoos
  6. tux
  7. tuxed
  8. tuxedo
  9. tuxedo cat
  10. tuxedo cats
  11. tuxedo shirt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tux (page history and authors); Tux (page history and authors); tuxedo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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