Toothbrush
/ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
- 2 small brush; has long handle; used to clean teeth wordnet
- 3 slang for a mustache wordnet
Verb
- 1 To clean or scrub with a toothbrush. transitive
"In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion."
Example
More examples"This toothbrush is not used by my mother."
Etymology
From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).