Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tooth that is broken or not in alignment with the others.
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- noun A
tooth inside the mouth that isunaligned orbroken - noun A predatory fish of the Astronesthes genus, so-called because of its teeth.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Waiting for you to throw that stick with my big, snaggletooth smile and my eager, dimwit eyes.
Here Comes Another Lesson Stephen O’Connor 2010
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I would always focus my eyes on one tiny offense—her eyebrows, her snaggletooth, her fat ankles.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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Among the rich and famous, there's nary a female snaggletooth to be found (Madonna and Lauren Hutton's charming gaps don't count), but more than a few imperfect male mouths.
I Love Your Smile - Or, Discrimination In The Workplace Briana Rognlin 2010
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I would always focus my eyes on one tiny offense—her eyebrows, her snaggletooth, her fat ankles.
THE EXILE OF GIGI LANE Adrienne Maria Vrettos 2010
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The snaggletooth spider would have crawled right up their nose, and remain in hiding until nightfall, when the spider will crawl into the open mouth and commence a feast upon incisors, molars, and any other kind of dentition.
Snaggletooth Spider 2008
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The only way to protect yourself from a snaggletooth spider is to blow your nose very hard before going to bed, when it in on the loose.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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We are glad to have our little snaggletooth spider back in his cage.
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The only way to protect yourself from a snaggletooth spider is to blow your nose very hard before going to bed, when it in on the loose.
Snaggletooth Spider 2008
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We are glad to have our little snaggletooth spider back in his cage.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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The snaggletooth spider would have crawled right up their nose, and remain in hiding until nightfall, when the spider will crawl into the open mouth and commence a feast upon incisors, molars, and any other kind of dentition.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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