Tux Definition

tŭks
tuxes
noun

Tuxedo.

Webster's New World
A tuxedo.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

A cuddly cartoon penguin, the official Linux mascot.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Tux

Noun

Singular:
tux
Plural:
tuxes

Origin of Tux

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

    From Wiktionary

  • Shortening.

    From Wiktionary

Tux Sentence Examples

  • She removed his Tux and shoes, rolling him around the bed in the process.

  • She sat at her desk and started to sketch the visage of Evelyn in her long wedding dress and Romas in his dark tux on a piece of paper, glancing up occasionally at the blank canvas as she thought of proportions.

  • You can't blame him after he spent scads of money on a tux and flowers and gourmet dinner.

  • You slip on the tux, deliver a double-entendre or two and stand on the sidelines while the stunt crew does the action scenes.

  • Under SuSE this is Tux, linux ' cute penguin mascot, with (of course) the text ' SuSE Linux 7.1 ' .

More Sentences

Related Articles

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to tux using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

TTUTUX

Words Ending With

XUXTUX

Unscrambles

tux

Words Starting With T and Ending With X

Starts With T & Ends With XStarts With TU & Ends With XStarts With T & Ends With UX

Word Length

3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With T3 Letter Words Ending With X