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gap-toothed

[ gap-tootht, -toothd ]

adjective

  1. having a noticeable space between two teeth.


gap-toothed

adjective

  1. having wide spaces between the teeth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of gap-toothed1

First recorded in 1560–70
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Whereas my old gap-toothed smile gave away that I was poor, my shiny new teeth imply wealth, a healthy lifestyle, a lifetime of regular trips to the dentist.

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Teresa flashed a gap-toothed grin and closed her eyes.

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There, cradled by the sturdy trunk, the boy flashed a gap-toothed smile and rested comfortably as if he’d just climbed onto the lap of a grandparent.

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It was a young soldier with a goofy, gap-toothed smile.

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For the coach — perpetually upbeat, his default expression a warm gap-toothed smile — Kasumba is proof that Uganda’s oft-forgotten orphans can aspire to more than a desperate existence in a slaughterhouse.

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