snaggletooth

[ snag-uhl-tooth ]

noun,plural snag·gle·teeth.
  1. a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.

Origin of snaggletooth

1
1815–25; apparently snag + -le + tooth

Other words from snaggletooth

  • snag·gle-toothed [snag-uhl-tootht, -toothd], /ˈsnæg əlˌtuθt, -ˌtuðd/, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for snaggletooth

snaggletooth

/ (ˈsnæɡəlˌtuːθ) /


nounplural -teeth
  1. a tooth that is broken or projecting

Derived forms of snaggletooth

  • snaggletoothed, adjective

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