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toothpick

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtuːθ.pɪk/
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  • CMU ARPABET: T UW1 TH P IH2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A very thin individual.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, slang

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A small or slender penis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, slang

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To spear food on a toothpick.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To transfer a sample of bacteria, etc. by means of a toothpick.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pick, strip

History

Etymology

From tooth + pick.

Across languages

Translations

114 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kleçkë dhëmbësh — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Arabic: عُود تَخْلِيل أَسْنَان (ʕūd taḵlīl ʔasnān) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Arabic: خِلَال (ḵilāl) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Armenian: ատամնափորիչ (atamnapʻoričʻ) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Azerbaijani: dişçöpü — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Azerbaijani: dişqurdalayan — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • South Azerbaijani: دیش قوردالیان — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Basque: zotz — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Basque: txotx — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Belarusian: зубачы́стка (zubačýstka) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Bengali: দাঁত খড়কে (dãt khoṛoke) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Bulgarian: кле́чка (kléčka) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Burmese: သွားကြားထိုးတံ (swa:kra:htui:tam) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Catalan: escuradents — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Chinese Cantonese: 牙籤 /牙签 (ngaa4 cim1) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Chinese: 齒戳仔 /齿戳仔 (zh-min-nan) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Chinese: 齒戳 /齿戳 (khí-thok) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 牙籤 /牙签 (yáqiān) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Czech: párátko — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Danish: tandstikker — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Dutch: tandenstoker — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Esperanto: dentopikilo — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Estonian: hambaork — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Finnish: hammastikku — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • French: cure-dent — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Georgian: კბილსაჩიჩქნი (ḳbilsačičkni) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • German: Zahnstocher — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Greek: οδοντογλυφίδα (odontoglyfída) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hebrew: קֵיסָם (kēsám) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hindi: दन्तखुदनी (dantakhudnī) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hindi: टूथपिक (ṭūthpik) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hindi: दांतखोदनी (dāntkhodnī) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hindi: ख़िलाल (xilāl) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hindi: खिलाल (khilāl) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hungarian: fogpiszkáló — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Hungarian: fogvájó — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Indonesian: tusuk gigi — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Irish: bior fiacla — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Italian: stuzzicadenti — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Italian: stecchino — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Japanese: 楊枝 (yōji) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Japanese: 楊子 (yōji) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Japanese: 爪楊枝 (tsumayōji) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Kalmyk: шигшг (şigşg) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Kalmyk: шигшлүр (şigşlür) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Kanakanabu: sipaketinga — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Kazakh: тазартқыш (tazartqyş) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Kazakh: тіс ысқыш (tıs ysqyş) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Khmer: ឈើចាក់ធ្មេញ (chəə cak thmɨñ) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Khmer: ស្ទន់ (stŭən) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Korean: 이쑤시개 (issusigae) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Kyrgyz: тиш чукугуч (tiş cukuguc) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Lao: ໄມ້ຈີ້ມແຂ້ວ (mai chīm khǣu) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Latin: dentiscalpium — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Latvian: zobu bakstāmais — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Lithuanian: krapštukas — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Macedonian: чепкалка (čepkalka) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Malay: pencungkil gigi — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Maltese: tutpikk — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Māori: kapeniho — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Maranao: panisig — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Mongolian: шүдний чигчлүүр (šüdnii čigčlüür) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Mongolian: ᠰᠢᠳᠦᠨ ᠦ ᠴᠢᠭᠴᠢᠯᠡᠭᠦᠷ (sidün-ü čigčilegür) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Navajo: awókʼiz bee naʼatsií — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Norman: êpinnoque-dents — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannpirker — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tannstikker — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannpirkar — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tannstikkar — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Old English: tōþgār — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Old English: tōþsticca — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Pannonian Rusyn: зубодлобка (zubodlobka) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Pashto: غاښخلی (ǧāx̌xǝ́lay) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Pashto: غاښ ستن (ǧāx̌ stan) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Iranian Persian: خِلالِ دَنْدان (xelâl-e dandân) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Iranian Persian: خِلالِ دَنْدون (xelâl-e dandun) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Iranian Persian: خِلال (xelâl) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Polish: wykałaczka — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Portuguese: palito — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Portuguese: palito de dentes — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Portuguese: palito de dente — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Romanian: scobitoare — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Russian: зубочи́стка (zubočístka) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: ча̏чкалица — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Serbo-Croatian: čȁčkalica — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Slovak: špáradlo — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Slovene: zobotrebec — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Lower Sorbian: zubny šparack — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Spanish: palillo — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Spanish: escarbadientes — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Spanish: mondadientes — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Spanish: limpiadientes — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Swahili: kichokonoo — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Swahili: kimbaka — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Swedish: tandpetare — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Swedish: tandsticka — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Tagalog: panghininga — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Tagalog: palito — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Tagalog: pantinga — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Tajik: дандонковак (dandonkovak) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Tajik: дандонхилол (dandonxilol) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Thai: ไม้จิ้มฟัน (mái-jîm-fan) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Turkish: kürdan — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Ottoman Turkish: خلال (hilâl) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Ukrainian: зубочи́стка (zubočýstka) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Urdu: ٹُوتھ پِیک (ṭūth pīk) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Urdu: خِلال (xilāl) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Uyghur: چىش كوچىلىغۇچ (chish kochilighuch) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Uzbek: tishkavlagich — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Uzbek: tish kavlagich — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Vietnamese: tăm — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Vietnamese: tăm xỉa răng — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Welsh: deintbig — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
  • Yiddish: ציינשטעכער (tseynshtekher) — stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
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