teethe
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of teethe
1375–1425; late Middle English tethen, derivative of teth teeth
Example Sentences
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It began when her family moved from Pakistan to the United States when Chaudry was just an infant; her mother filled her bottles with half-and-half and allowed her to teethe on sticks of butter.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022
This is a question that political philosophers teethe over constantly: “Are the citizens of a state liable for what it does in their name?”
From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2022
After all, Jones says, gums don’t bleed when kids teethe.
From Slate • May 4, 2015
It soon fell out of the arms of its nurse, Secretary of Commerce Harry Hopkins, who in his oversold Des Moines speech last February failed to give it anything but words to teethe on.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dey say a bone dey finds in de jawbone of a hog will make chillun teethe easy.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
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