tux
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /tʌks/
- Rhymes: -ʌks
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
edittux (plural tuxes)
- (colloquial) Clipping of tuxedo.
- 2013 September 13, Russell Brand, The Guardian[1]:
- After a load of photos and what-not, we descend the world's longest escalator, which are called that even as they de-escalate, and in we go to the main forum, a high ceilinged hall, full of circular cloth-draped, numbered tables, a stage at the front, the letters GQ, 12-foot high in neon at the back; this aside, though, neon forever the moniker of trash, this is a posh do, in an opera house full of folk in tuxes.
Middle English
editNoun
edittux
- Alternative form of tusk
Old English
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittūx m
- Alternative form of tūsc
Declension
editDeclension of tūx (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
editQ'eqchi
editNoun
edittux
Further reading
edit- Ch'ina tusleb' aatin q'eqchi'-kaxlan aatin ut kaxlan aatin-q'eqchi' (Guatemala, 1998) [2]
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