<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>a short or docked tail</li><li>an animal with such a tail</li></ul><p><strong>adjective</strong></p><ul><li>having a bobtail</li><li>cut short; docked; cropped</li><li>shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>to cut short the tails of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect</li></ul>