snaggletooth

[ snag-uhl-tooth ]

noun

, plural snag·gle·teeth.

1. a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.

snaggletooth

/ ˈsnæɡəlˌtuːθ /

noun

1. a tooth that is broken or projecting

Derived Forms

• ˈsnaggleˌtoothed, adjective

Other Words From

• snag·gle-toothed [snag, -, uh, l-tootht, -too, th, d], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of snaggletooth¹

1815–25; apparently snag + -le + tooth

Example Sentences

Just as she’s reaching for an amusingly, metaphorically ripe peach, her idyll is cut short by a gang of snaggletooth, hygiene-challenged bikers.

From New York Times

These include teeth from snaggletooth, lemon, mako, silky, sand tiger and great white sharks.

From Washington Post

Beyond the small lake in front of him, a broad grass valley gave way to an escarpment of spruce and pine that climbed until it ran out of oxygen, leaving exposed the tops of a snowcapped, snaggletooth row of 14,000-foot peaks.

From New York Times

New clients often arrive at Hurley’s studio listing the things they want to obscure with a pose: moles, a snaggletooth, a scar, a large nose, a double chin.

From New York Times

She always covered her mouth when she laughed because of her snaggletooth.

From Literature