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detoothing

detoothing is the present participle and gerund of detooth.

Meaning of detooth

Verb

detooth (third-person singular simple present detooths, present participle detoothing, simple past and past participle detoothed)

  1. (transitive) To remove a tooth or teeth from.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To render harmless; to defang.

Questions about detoothing

What is detoothing the present participle and gerund of?
Detoothing is the present participle and gerund of detooth.

Words near detoothing in the dictionary

  1. detonizing
  2. detooth
  3. detoothed
  4. detoother
  5. detoothers
  6. detoothing
  7. detooths
  8. DeTorres
  9. DeTorreses
  10. detorse
  11. detorsed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detoothing (page history and authors); detooth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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