snaggletooth
noun
a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
snaggle-toothed
-
a word derived from
snaggletooth.
Example Sentences
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Their effectiveness in the Mojave — a vast arid empire of wiry creosote, dry lakes, sand dunes, lava flows and snaggle-toothed peaks — remains to be seen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
Video courtesy of Peter Waydo, NASA/JPL-Caltech Of course, these are professional scientists and engineers, so don’t be discouraged by your own orange, snaggle-toothed creation.
From The Verge ● Oct. 31, 2017
The chorus is a roaring reckoning, a brick wall being smashed, with thundering piano chords, booming drums, snaggle-toothed electric guitar and an agonizing, wordless wail from Amos.
From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2017
In terms of displays of affection, the snaggle-toothed Cinnamon licked, and Cello high-fived and twirled in circles.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2015
“Because I’m hairy, ugly, dirty, stooped, snaggle-toothed, and gray. And also I feel sick from the radiation; I think I’m going to die.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
