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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of teethe.

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Examples

  • Sometimes, I get horribly stressed about what other people might think of my novel (what if those big-name writers who get my ARCs just laugh at them, and not because the book is a comedy?), or I feel unbearably exhausted after weeks of bad nights as my baby teethes.

    One year later at SF Novelists 2009

  • That's the only way you can get these -- teethes numbers that low.

    CNN Transcript Oct 23, 2009 2009

  • Sarah Louise McNab, 15 months, teethes on a pair of glasses at Specialty Shoes and Diabetic Supplies Inc. in Beaumont on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • Sarah Louise McNab, 15 months, teethes on a pair of glasses at Specialty Shoes and Diabetic Supplies Inc. in Beaumont on Thursday, March 29, 2007.

    Future ballerina 2007

  • The artist should just have to grit their teethes and grab their ankles sometimes.

    The Magic of "Yes" Steve Hulett 2007

  • Numbers of eyes, ears, and teethes: depending on the interrogation centers, and the state owns 51% of them like shares of public companies.

    Saturday, December 31, 2005 As'ad 2005

  • Dey better send out to dat ole mule and git you some teethes.

    De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston

  • When I see that keypad, all I can think is how those keys would look good as caps over my teethes. dculberson

    Boing Boing David Pescovitz 2011

  • THIRTEEN-MONTH-OLD Solange Dorsainvil plays with toys made from wood and cloth, drinks from a Swiss-made aluminum sippy cup and teethes on kale stems and celery.

    Illuminati Conspiracy Archive Blog 2008

  • For the most part they are happy easy-going babies, but when Nick teethes (like he is now) you debate contacting the Changelings and asking for your child back.

    Everyday Stranger 2008

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