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sweet tooth en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, singular) A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets.
   • He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy.
2. (countable, idiomatic) Someone with a liking for sweet foods.
3. An edible fungus of species Hydnum repandum.
4. A preference, especially for a kind of food.
   • ".... She had a sweet tooth for booze." "Did she have a sweet tooth for drugs?" 2014, John Maley, A Little Murder in Tucson, page 50:
   • In the same way I developed a craving for doughnuts, my sweet tooth for God's Word developed by repetition. 2013, Kim Newlen, The One Year Sweet and Simple Moments with God Devotional, page 169:
   • I have high hopes though, because mother always did have a sweet tooth for rather nice men, you see father was tremendously attractive. 2022, Anthony M. Ludovici, Too Old for Dolls: A Novel:
   • But my grandmother had, in my father's words, a "sweet tooth” for meat. 2010, Tony Ardizzone, The Whale Chaser: A Novel, page 101:
   • Prowlers are on the loose in suburban Denver. Description: pointy ears, bushy tails and a sweet tooth for poodle and cat. 2007 May 30, Joey Bunch, “Suburban pet peeve: coyotes”, in The Denver Post:
   • the python has a sweet tooth for rats and mice and the sweet tooth of this particular snake is on edge for a square meal. 1913, Jewett Castello Gilson, Wealth of the World's Waste Places, and Oceania, page 298:

Forms

Coordinates

salty tooth · sour tooth · spicy tooth

Deriveds

sweet-toothed

Translations (50)

pl słabość do słodyczy (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · nb piggsopp (Hydnum repandum) · el γλυκατζής (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · pl kolczak obłączasty (Hydnum repandum) · fi vaaleaorakas (Hydnum repandum) · hu édesszájú (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · et maiasmokk (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · zle-ort цꙋкролю́бецъ (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · fr bec sucré (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · et mesilemb (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · nl voorliefde voor zoet (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · ru сладкое́жка (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · de Naschkatze (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · gd corrag mhilis (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · gd smealas (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · no søtmons (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · pt formiguinha (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · myv тантюкш (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · et magusahammas (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · cmn 愛吃甜食 /爱吃甜食 (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · gl lambón (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · de Schlecker (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · pt guloso (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · hu édesszájúság (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · pl osoba ze słabością do słodyczy (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · gl larpeiro (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · et hele timpnarmik (Hydnum repandum) · is sælgætisgrís (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · fr bec sucré (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · et maias (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · ru сластёна (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · cy dant melys (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · es goloso (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · et mesihammas (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · is nammigrís (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · sv gottegris (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · fi karkkihammas (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · mk слаткар (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · ja 甘党 (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · ca llaminer (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · zle-ort сладколю́бецъ (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · fi perso makealle (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · el γλυκατζού (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · et magusa armastaja (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · et maias (a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets) · pt formiguinha (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · de Schleckerin (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · nl zoetekauw (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · ca llépol (someone with a liking for sweet foods) · nl liefhebber van zoet (someone with a liking for sweet foods)