English Explanatory Dictionary

teeth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. plural of tooth
  2. Unpleasant oral sex
noun
  1. The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
verb
  1. Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).

Pronunciation

/ˈtiːθ/ /ˈtiːf/ /ˈtiθ/ en-us-teeth.ogg

Word forms

teeth teeths teething teethed

Etymology

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.

Synonyms

chompers Hampstead Heath pearly whites teefies enforceability

Related words

toothless

Derived words

armed to the teeth arm to the teeth bare one's teeth better than a kick in the teeth bit between one's teeth bone apple teeth bone in her teeth British teeth brush one's teeth by God's teeth by the skin of one's teeth cast in someone's teeth cast something in someone's teeth cut one's teeth devil's teeth dragon's teeth elephant's teeth false teeth fed up to the back teeth fed up to the teeth front teeth get one's teeth into give one's eye-teeth gnash one's teeth God's teeth grit one's teeth hell's teeth in one's teeth in spite of someone's teeth in the teeth of kick in the teeth kiss one's teeth lie through one's teeth make someone's teeth itch my back teeth are floating my teeth are floating no skin off one's teeth one's teeth water permanent teeth pull teeth rare as hen's teeth rarer than hens' teeth rarer than hen's teeth scarce as hen's teeth set one's teeth on edge set someone's teeth on edge show one's teeth sick to the back teeth sink one's teeth in sink one's teeth into skin of the teeth sow dragon's teeth suck one's teeth summerteeth summer teeth teefies teeth arm teeth-baring teeth-less teeth mark
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