ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Hardtail

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Hardtail is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable) (A) jack (edible fish of the genus Caranx or Trachurus).

Meaning

(countable, uncountable) (A) jack (edible fish of the genus Caranx or Trachurus).

More Meanings

  1. A bicycle or motorcycle without rear suspension.
  2. (New England) A small scombrid, especially a little tunny or bonito.
  3. (US, slang, dated, uncountable) A mule.

Example Sentences

He'll ride a horse now and then, but he prefers them long-eared hardtails.
But if fishing for striped bass is a piscatorial religion, then fishing for hardtails is its cultish counterpart.
Hardtail invasion all over the island: bonito, albies, Spanish/chub/Atlantic/frigate mackerel, even skipjack tuna.

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include jurel, hairtail, skipjack, jackfish, roughhead, blacktail.

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