Teeth

//ˈtiːθ// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of tooth form-of, plural
  2. 2
    The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect. informal, plural, plural-only

    "The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around."

  3. 3
    the kind and number and arrangement of teeth (collectively) in a person or animal wordnet
  4. 4
    Unpleasant oral sex slang, uncountable, vulgar

    "She gives straight teeth."

Verb
  1. 1
    Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).

    "Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby."

Synonyms

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dentitionacerbityacidityacridityacrimonyalveolar ridge

Antonyms

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gums

Example

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"A cursory examination of his teeth indicated that he had gingivitis."

Etymology

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.

Related phrases

British teethGod's teethTurkey teethTurkish teetharm to the teethbare one's teethbetter than a kick in the teethbit between one's teethbone apple teethbone in her teethbrush one's teethby God's teeth

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