snaggletooth
Americannoun
plural
snaggleteethnoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of snaggletooth
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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