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lobtail

[ lob-teyl ]

verb (used without object)

  1. (of a whale) to slap the flukes against the surface of the water.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lobtail1

1865–70 (as gerund); apparently lob 1 in sense “to move heavily” + tail 1

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