Words that rhyme with usk

adj 1: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)]

n 1: the husk of an ear of corn

n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle] v 1: become dusk

n 1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [syn: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble] 2: outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds v 1: remove the husks from; "husk corn" [syn: husk, shell]

n 1: an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative 2: the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer

n 1: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread]

n 1: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses [syn: ivory, tusk] 2: a long pointed tooth specialized for fighting or digging; especially in an elephant or walrus or hog v 1: stab or pierce with a horn or tusk; "the rhino horned the explorer" [syn: horn, tusk] 2: remove the tusks of animals; "tusk an elephant" [syn: tusk, detusk]

adj 1: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him" [syn: brusque, brusk, curt, short(p)]

n 1: the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters 2: large edible marine fish of northern coastal waters; related to cod [syn: cusk, torsk, Brosme brosme] 3: elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth [syn: burbot, eelpout, ling, cusk, Lota lota]

v 1: play music in a public place and solicit money for it; "three young men were busking in the plaza"