bucktooth
[ buhk-tooth ]
Origin of bucktooth
1Other words from bucktooth
- bucktoothed, adjective
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How to use bucktooth in a sentence
He was one of those faces I passed in the hallways each day, but what a face—buckteeth, Coke-bottle glasses, and that mouth.
British Dictionary definitions for bucktooth
bucktooth
/ (ˈbʌkˌtuːθ) /
nounplural -teeth
derogatory a projecting upper front tooth
Origin of bucktooth
1C18: from buck 1 (deer) + tooth
Derived forms of bucktooth
- buck-toothed, adjective
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