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toothpick

/ˈtuːθ.pɪk/

toothpick noun: a small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.

toothpick: a small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between...
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Noun

toothpick (plural toothpicks)

  1. A small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A very thin individual.
  3. (derogatory, slang) A small or slender penis.

Verb

toothpick (third-person singular simple present toothpicks, present participle toothpicking, simple past and past participle toothpicked)

  1. (transitive) To spear food on a toothpick.
  2. (transitive) To transfer a sample of bacteria, etc. by means of a toothpick.

toothpick meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

toothpick in Hindi

stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
दन्तखुदनी dantakhudnī, टूथपिक ṭūthpik, दांतखोदनी dāntkhodnī, ख़िलाल xilāl, खिलाल khilāl

toothpick in Urdu

stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
ٹُوتھ پِیک ṭūth pīk, خِلال xilāl

toothpick in Bengali

stick for removing food residue from the area between the teeth
দাঁত খড়কে dãt khoṛoke

toothpick in Malayalam

പല്ലുകുത്തി
More languagesFewer languages
toothpick in Gujarati
દાંતખોતરણી dā̃tkhotarṇī, સળી saḷī
toothpick in Pashto
غاښخلی ǧāx̌xǝ́lay, غاښ ستن ǧāx̌ stan
toothpick in Tagalog
panghininga, palito, pantinga
toothpick in Arabic
عُود تَخْلِيل أَسْنَان ʕūd taḵlīl ʔasnān, خِلَال ḵilāl
toothpick in Malay
pencungkil gigi
toothpick in Indonesian
tusuk gigi
toothpick in Thai
ไม้จิ้มฟัน mái-jîm-fan
toothpick in Vietnamese
tăm, tăm xỉa răng
toothpick in Myanmar
သွားကြားထိုးတံ swa:kra:htui:tam

Examples of toothpick in a sentence

  • He melted a glue stick with a cigarette lighter and dabbed it onto his project with a toothpick.
  • Starters (all $2.95) include fried okra, corn nuggets, and Texas toothpicks (onion and jalapeño straws).
  • They say "HE double toothpicks" rather than pronounce the word out loud.

All 13 example sentences with toothpick

Synonyms of toothpick

Forms of toothpick

Noun
pluraltoothpicks
Verb
third-person singular presenttoothpicks
present participletoothpicking
past participletoothpicked
pasttoothpicked

Plural of toothpick: toothpicks

Origin of toothpick

From tooth + pick.

Words formed from toothpick

Questions about toothpick

What does toothpick mean?
Toothpick means a small, usually wooden, stick, often pointed at both ends, for removing food residue from between the teeth.
What is toothpick in Hindi?
Toothpick in Hindi is दन्तखुदनी (dantakhudnī), टूथपिक (ṭūthpik), दांतखोदनी (dāntkhodnī). See Toothpick meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is toothpick?
Toothpick can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce toothpick?
Toothpick is pronounced /ˈtuːθ.pɪk/.
What is the plural of toothpick?
The plural of toothpick is toothpicks.

Words near toothpick in the dictionary

  1. toothpastey
  2. toothpasting
  3. toothpasty
  4. toothpatch
  5. toothpatches
  6. toothpick
  7. toothpicked
  8. toothpicker
  9. toothpickers
  10. toothpicking
  11. toothpicklike

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: toothpick (page history and authors); toothpick (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); દાંતખોતરણી (Gujarati) (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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