snaggletooth
noun
a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
snaggle-toothed
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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 one snaggle-toothed smile, unpredictable vowel or tremor of cowardice, a Brit can offset the blemishless swagger of the leads without undermining them.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2016
“Me and my twin know all the words to your song!” this snaggle-toothed girl pipes up.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
