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fangy

fangy adjective: containing fangs; full of sharp teeth.

Adjective

fangy (comparative more fangy, superlative most fangy)

  1. Containing fangs; full of sharp teeth.
    • No one had opened a fangy mouth and chomped me.2007 September 16, Maria Dahvana Headley, “How I Turned Into a Stepmonster”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    fangful, fangsome

Synonyms of fangy

Forms of fangy

comparativemore fangy
superlativemost fangy

Origin of fangy

From fang + -y.

Words that rhyme with fangy

Questions about fangy

What does fangy mean?
Fangy means containing fangs; full of sharp teeth.
What part of speech is fangy?
Fangy is an adjective.

Words near fangy in the dictionary

  1. fangtooth snake-eel
  2. fangtooth snake-eels
  3. fangtooths
  4. Fanguy
  5. Fanguys
  6. fangy
  7. fangyan
  8. Fangzi
  9. fanham
  10. fanhams
  11. fanhood

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