toothy
Americanadjective
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having or displaying conspicuous teeth.
a toothy smile.
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savory; appetizing; toothsome.
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possessing a rough surface.
toothy paper.
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Archaic. sharp or caustic.
toothy commentary.
adjective
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But she brushed off the barbs, saying: "I am toothy, dumpy, ugly, overweight, a spinster – what the hell."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
“Jaws,” released in America two years earlier, is still playing in the city of Recife, and the use of the toothy fish as a recurring motif suggests all norms are on hold while sharks rule.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
But since we know what that toothy nemesis is capable of, we almost feel sorry for the soldiers-for-hire that go up against it.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2025
And, yes, she did so with a strained reference to one of the most popular songs from the musical Wicked, topped off with a toothy smile and a wink-wink.
From Slate ● Dec. 7, 2024
Just as I let myself exhale, Jarvis flashes that toothy smile.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Some of the bones belonged to the already-discovered Steropodon galmani, a shorter, stumpier and toothier ancestor of the platypus.
From BBC ● May 27, 2024
As shark experts call for a rebranding of the marine predators – suggesting that attacks be relabeled "incidents" or "interactions" – Cape Cod has begun to tentatively embrace its toothier neighbors.
From Fox News ● Sep. 17, 2021
During the rollicking song “Feed Me,” she is played by five puppeteers who manipulate oversize tendrils and a toothier flower head.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2019
The effect is a dreamlike carnival of images and ideas that suggests a toothier Adult Swim, or “In Living Color” as filtered through Nell Irvin Painter.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2018
We got some newer, meaner, toothier guys that were straight out of Seal Team 6 — serious knuckle-dragging master chiefs.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 23, 2017
And the mosasaurus—that was the biggest, meanest, toothiest, most unstoppable mosasaur there was.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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