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gate-toothed

gate-toothed adjective: having teeth set wide apart; having a gap or gaps between the teeth.

Adjective

gate-toothed (not comparable)

  1. Having teeth set wide apart; having a gap or gaps between the teeth.
    • I was a wonder bred among the crew / Of quiet, gate-toothed, crooked-nosed psychopaths,1919, Edgar Lee Masters, “They’d Never Know Me Now”, in Starved Rock, page 148
    • The printing machine insists on justifying the lines and produces gate-toothed copy of little elegance.1990, Anthony Burgess, You’ve Had Your Time, pages 381-382

Origin of gate-toothed

From Middle English gat-tothed.

Questions about gate-toothed

What does gate-toothed mean?
Gate-toothed means having teeth set wide apart; having a gap or gaps between the teeth.
What part of speech is gate-toothed?
Gate-toothed is an adjective.

Words near gate-toothed in the dictionary

  1. gate-keeps
  2. gate-keepy
  3. gate-kept
  4. gate-money
  5. gate-to-wire
  6. gate-toothed
  7. gateability
  8. gateable
  9. Gateacre
  10. gateado
  11. gateados

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