underbite

[uhn-der-bahyt]

noun

Dentistry.

1. occlusion in which the lower incisor teeth overlap the upper.

Word History and Origins

Origin of underbite¹

First recorded in 1975–80; under- + bite

Example Sentences

Both females and males have a characteristic underbite with two pairs of teeth in the lower jaw.

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Measuring twice as long as the rest of the fish’s skull, this lower jaw gave Alienacanthus nature’s most extreme underbite, and, perhaps, a stiff lower lip.

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“Be Free, You Wrinkly Ghost!” opens, “I’ve never been fully on board with my face” and goes on to detail the surgeries Nancherla has undergone to correct a droopy eyelid and underbite.

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Thelma's top beak was crudely clipped just below her nostrils, causing the bottom beak to jut out partially exposed, resembling an underbite.

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A small curly-haired thing with an underbite so ugly it was cute.

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