- having a bobtail.
- cut short; docked; cropped.
- shorter or briefer than usual; abbreviated: Several legislative items must be dropped from the current bobtail session of Congress.
- to cut short the tail of; dock, often by cutting a muscle in a horse's tail to make it stand erect.
- a docked or diminutive tail
- an animal with such a tail
- having the tail cut short
- to dock the tail of
- to cut short; curtail
