buckteeth
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4.4
- noun
- /ˈbʌkˌtiθ/
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dientes salientes
- At first glance, Jack seemed fair enough with his curly hair and quick laugh, but for a small man, he carried some weight in the haunch, and his smile disclosed buckteeth, not pronounced enough to let him eat popcorn out of the neck of a jug, but noticeable.
- big buckteeth
- buckteeth and smile
- little buckteeth
Examples
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An Evans from Baltimore, a private with straight-out buckteeth, a harelip, and an attempt at a handlebar mustache, just long string wisps of hair.
Fiction book (2000) -
She has buckteeth, a lazy eye, and needs to wax that unibrow.
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You could open a beer bottle with those buckteeth of hers.
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You'd do well to keep your buckteeth together.
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He had buckteeth and big ears.
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And that I was a dwarf and that I had buckteeth.
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Beside her was a man whose horrendous buckteeth instantly reminded me of Jerry Lewis.
Fiction book (1990) -
Tom-Su had buckteeth and often drooled as if his mouth and jaw had been forever dentist-numbed.
Fiction book (2000) -
As a child, his buckteeth often made him the target of teasing from his classmates.
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She confidently showed off her buckteeth when she smiled for the camera.
Synonyms
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6.7
A tooth that sticks out or is crooked
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9.1
A tooth that is broken or sticks out and looks uneven
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7.0
A large front tooth that sticks out from the top row
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Buckteeth puts together buck and teeth. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a 'buck' (a male deer or rabbit) with big front teeth, because buckteeth means the upper front teeth that stick out.