snaggletooth

American  

[snag-uhl-tooth] / ˈsnæg əlˌtuθ /

noun

plural

snaggleteeth

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

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snaggletooth British  

/ ˈsnæɡəlˌtuːθ /

noun

1. a tooth that is broken or projecting

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Other Word Forms

• snaggle-toothed adjective
• snaggletoothed adjective

Etymology

Origin of snaggletooth

1815–25; apparently snag + -le + tooth

Example Sentences

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

Just as she’s reaching for an amusingly, metaphorically ripe peach, her idyll is cut short by a gang of snaggletooth, hygiene-challenged bikers.

From New York Times

These include teeth from snaggletooth, lemon, mako, silky, sand tiger and great white sharks.

From Washington Post

Beyond the small lake in front of him, a broad grass valley gave way to an escarpment of spruce and pine that climbed until it ran out of oxygen, leaving exposed the tops of a snowcapped, snaggletooth row of 14,000-foot peaks.

From New York Times

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