Meanings
plural wangteeth · alternative wang-tooth
- dialectalA molar.
All at once, an epiphany of sorts, his wangtooth roving through the binding caught upon a manuscript fragment which to all appearances is the missing conclusion of the Hous.
1976, Bartlett Jere Whiting, Respectfully and Finally Submitted1 more example
Then he asked leave a third time, and the youth, knowing that, if the Khalif assented yet once more, it would be the signal of his death, laughed till his wang-teeth appeared; […]
2006, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Old Englishwangtōþ“molar, grinder”
- Middle Englishwangtooth
- Englishwangtooth
From Middle English wangtooth, from Old English wangtōþ (“molar, grinder”). By surface analysis, wang (“cheek”) + tooth.
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wangtooth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wangtooth
“wangtooth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wangtooth. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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