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snaggletooth

American  
[snag-uhl-tooth] / ˈsnæg əlˌtuθ /

noun

plural

snaggleteeth
  1. a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.


snaggletooth British  
/ ˈsnæɡəlˌtuːθ /

noun

  1. a tooth that is broken or projecting

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of snaggletooth

1815–25; apparently snag + -le + tooth

Example Sentences

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We’re talking about Derpy Tiger, an oversized blue cat with glowing yellow eyes, a snaggletooth grin and a penchant for righting overturned vessels.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025

New clients often arrive at Hurley’s studio listing the things they want to obscure with a pose: moles, a snaggletooth, a scar, a large nose, a double chin.

From New York Times • May 30, 2018

But it’s not just its snaggletooth — which can be up to nine feet long — that makes this Arctic sea creature unbelievable.

From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2016

And its skull cavity — containing hundreds of the distinctively shaped teeth, up to an inch-and-a-half long, that give the snaggletooth its name — kept its shape.

From Washington Post

Herman E. Calloway seemed like the kind of person that would rather get bit in the behind by a snaggletooth mule than have somebody give him a kiss.

From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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