Dictionary

toothy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtuː.θi/

Etymology

Etymology tree English tooth Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English toothy From tooth + -y.

Meanings

1. 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 1:
   • Frances 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:
   • 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 139:
2. (of fellatio) With the fellator's teeth scraping the fellatee's penis.
   • Hot take, maybe I'm a bit of a masochist but I enjoy some toothy head from time to time.

Forms

Deriveds

toothily · toothiness

Synonyms

teethy

Translations (17)

uk зуба́стий (having prominent teeth) · es dentón (having prominent teeth) · bg с издадени зъби (having prominent teeth) · fi isohampainen (having prominent teeth) · cs zubatý (having prominent teeth) · pl zębaty (having prominent teeth) · el δοντάς (having prominent teeth) · ca dentut (having prominent teeth) · dsb zubaty (having prominent teeth) · ru зуба́стый (having prominent teeth) · tr dişlek (having prominent teeth) · be зуба́ты (having prominent teeth) · es dientudo (having prominent teeth) · el δόντιας (having prominent teeth) · es dentudo (having prominent teeth) · uk зуба́тий (having prominent teeth) · es dientón (having prominent teeth)