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gap-toothed

adj

Etymology

From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tothed (literally “gate-toothed”), equivalent to gap + toothed.

  1. inherited from gap tothed

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.

    • Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, another gap-toothed woman, appears in a clip from her address to the Salvation Army.

  2. Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an…

    Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth.

    • Other slices of Canadian life included scenes of Niagara Falls, log-rolling, gap-toothed hockey players, and beer halls.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA