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toothy

adj · 3 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈtuː.θi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːθi
  • CMU ARPABET: T UW1 TH IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having prominent teeth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

With the fellator's teeth scraping the fellatee's penis.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Hot take, maybe I'm a bit of a masochist but I enjoy some toothy head from time to time.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: teethy

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having or showing prominent teeth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a toothy smile

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: зуба́ты (zubáty) — having prominent teeth
  • Bulgarian: с издадени зъби (s izdadeni zǎbi) — having prominent teeth
  • Catalan: dentut — having prominent teeth
  • Czech: zubatý — having prominent teeth
  • Finnish: isohampainen — having prominent teeth
  • Greek: δοντάς (dontás) — having prominent teeth
  • Greek: δόντιας (dóntias) — having prominent teeth
  • Polish: zębaty — having prominent teeth
  • Russian: зуба́стый (zubástyj) — having prominent teeth
  • Lower Sorbian: zubaty — having prominent teeth
  • Spanish: dientudo — having prominent teeth
  • Spanish: dentudo — having prominent teeth
  • Spanish: dentón — having prominent teeth
  • Spanish: dientón — having prominent teeth
  • Turkish: dişlek — having prominent teeth
  • Ukrainian: зуба́тий (zubátyj) — having prominent teeth
  • Ukrainian: зуба́стий (zubástyj) — having prominent teeth