snaggletooth
noun
a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
snaggletoothed
-
a word derived from
snaggletooth.
Example Sentences
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Mertz once referred to the snaggletoothed, gap-filled oral health care system — which isn’t really a system at all — as “a mess.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2026
Labubus are furry snaggletoothed gremlins, which are designed by Hong Kong-born artist Kasing Lung and sold by Chinese toy company Pop Mart.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2025
From a snaggletoothed male, the bear took a quick bite of the back — turned a deep pink color — before discarding him on a sand bar in search of more flavorful fare.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 28, 2022
Other Rhamphorhynchus fossils indicate that these snaggletoothed reptiles sometimes had a hard time with seafood – some fossils of the pterosaur are intertwined with the fish Aspidorhynchus.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 2, 2020
Apart from Grandma herself, I was the only one who’d seen her big old snaggletoothed tomcat streak out of the coffin and over the windowsill when she let fire.
From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck
