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teeth

/ˈtiːf/UK/ˈtiːθ/

teeth noun: unpleasant oral sex. Also the plural of tooth.

Noun (1)

teeth

  1. (slang, uncountable, vulgar) Unpleasant oral sex
    • She gives straight teeth.

Noun (2)

teeth pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) The ability to be enforced, or to be enforced to any useful effect.
    • The international community's sanctions against the regime had some teeth to them this time around.
    Synonyms:
    enforceability

Verb

teeth (third-person singular simple present teeths, present participle teething, simple past and past participle teethed)

  1. Dated spelling of teethe (“to grow teeth”).
    • Thus, a mother should not think that there is something wrong just because her baby teeths, crawls, walks, or talks earlier or later than her neighbor's baby.1943, Herman Niels Bundesen, Our Babies, page 81

Also used as

teeth is also the plural of tooth.

teeth meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

teeth in Hindi

दाँत, दांत, दाँतों

teeth in Tamil

பற்கள்

teeth in Marathi

दात, दातांची

teeth in Urdu

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teeth in Bengali
দাঁত, দাঁতের, দাঁতে
teeth in Telugu
దంతాలు, పళ్ళు
teeth in Malayalam
പല്ലുകൾ, പല്ല്
teeth in Kannada
ಹಲ್ಲುಗಳು, ಹಲ್ಲು
teeth in Punjabi
ਦੰਦ, ਦੰਦਾਂ
teeth in Gujarati
દાંત, દાંતના
teeth in Odia
ଦାନ୍ତ
teeth in Nepali
दाँतहरू, दाँत

Synonyms of teeth

Forms of teeth

third-person singular presentteeths
present participleteething
past participleteethed
pastteethed

Origin of teeth

From Middle English teth, plural of tothe, from Old English tēþ, nominative plural of tōþ, from earlier *tœ̄þ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþiz, nominative plural of *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntes, nominative plural of *h₃dónts.

Words formed from teeth

Phrases with teeth

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Words that rhyme with teeth

Questions about teeth

What does teeth mean?
Teeth means unpleasant oral sex.
What is teeth in Hindi?
Teeth in Hindi is दाँत, दांत, दाँतों. See Teeth meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is teeth?
Teeth can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce teeth?
Teeth is pronounced /ˈtiːθ/ (UK).

Words near teeth in the dictionary

  1. teetertotter
  2. teetertottered
  3. teetertottering
  4. teetertotters
  5. teetery
  6. teeth
  7. teeth arm
  8. teeth arms
  9. teeth mark
  10. teeth marks
  11. teeth-baring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: teeth (page history and authors); teeth (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); teeth (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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