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 • 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

What the Gibsons unearthed were the remains of a 15-million-year-old snaggletooth shark, which paleontologists say is more complete than any other fossil of its kind in the world.

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