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Definition of snaggle-tooth in English: snaggle-toothnounˈsnaɡ(ə)ltuːθ 1An irregular or projecting tooth. Example sentencesExamples - The next time I look at the man, he's baring a snaggle-tooth grin, eyeing my body appreciatively.
- Would you date a girl that had snaggle-teeth?
- I hope you and your crooked little snaggle-teeth are laughing all the way to the bank right now.
2A small deep-sea fish with large fangs at the front of the jaws and a number of light-emitting organs on the body. Family Astronesthidae: several genera and species Example sentencesExamples - He thought it to be a stomiatiod-like fish: that is, an advanced teleost represented today by deep sea snaggle-tooths and dragon mouths.
Derivatives adjectiveˈsnaɡ(ə)ltuːθt She turned quickly, and there was bug-eyed, mullet-haired Tick standing with a smug, snaggle-toothed grin. Example sentencesExamples - Flabby, snaggle-toothed Phil lives in a graffiti-scarred apartment block with his tense, bird-like wife Penny, his surly, overweight son Rory and his shy, overweight daughter Rachel.
- Byrd's snaggle-toothed smile and cackle is one of someone who feels she is getting away with something, who is being naughty.
- If the teeth bothered him, it didn't show - he was constantly flashing his snaggle-toothed smile, as if daring people to point out the gaps.
- He's goofy in a snaggle-toothed, big-grinned, trying-to-please sort of way.
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