Meanings
comparative toothier · superlative toothiest
- Having prominent teeth.
Their ties were tidier, their houndsteeth toothier … they ended up looking more Windsorian than Windsor.
1970, Men's Wear, volume 161, New York, N.Y.: Fairchild Publications, →OCLC, page 73, column 12 more examples
Throughout the period, toothy giants persisted in the oceans. Perhaps the most spectacular was the megalodon shark.
2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 139Frances Tiafoe is coming for tennis once more. The tongue-wagging and the fist-pumping and the glare; the toothiest you-know-what-eating grin in the game; the high-energy vibes that can bring any tennis crowd into his corner.
2024 September 9, Michael Dominski, “Everything that happened on Day 9 of the US Open with Navarro, Fritz and Tiafoe advancing to the semifinal”, in The New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWith the fellator's teeth scraping the fellatee's penis.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivehaving or showing prominent teeth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian с издадени зъби
- с издадени зъби (s izdadeni zăbi)having prominent teeth
Catalan dentut
- dentuthaving prominent teeth
Czech zubatý
- zubatýhaving prominent teeth
Finnish isohampainen
- isohampainenhaving prominent teeth
Greek δοντάς, δόντιας
- δοντάς (dontás)having prominent teeth
- δόντιας (dóntias)having prominent teeth
Polish zębaty
- zębatyhaving prominent teeth
Russian зуба́стый
- зуба́стый (zubástyj)having prominent teeth
Spanish dientudo, dentudo
- dientudohaving prominent teeth
- dentudohaving prominent teeth
- dentónhaving prominent teeth
- dientónhaving prominent teeth
Turkish dişlek
- dişlekhaving prominent teeth
Ukrainian зуба́тий, зуба́стий
- зуба́тий (zubátyj)having prominent teeth
- зуба́стий (zubástyj)having prominent teeth
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with toothy
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toothy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothy
“toothy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toothy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toothy.
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