in one's teeth

prepositional phrase

Of the wind, blowing straight from the direction, or desired direction, of travel.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. nauticalOf the wind, blowing straight from the direction, or desired direction, of travel.

    The whole of the next day we were obliged to stop near the village of Tidore, owing to a strong wind right in our teeth.

    1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 26
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APA

in one's teeth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20teeth

MLA

“in one's teeth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20teeth. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in one's teeth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20one's%20teeth.

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