Definition of Snaggletooth

1. Noun. A tooth inside the mouth that is unaligned or broken ¹

2. Noun. A predatory fish of the ''Astronesthes'' genus, so-called because of its teeth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snaggletooth

1. [n SNAGGLETEETH]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snaggletooth

snafu
snafued
snafuing
snafus
snag
snagged
snagger
snaggers
snaggier
snaggiest
snagging
snaggle
snaggle-toothed
snaggles
snaggleteeth
snaggletooth (current term)
snaggletoothed
snaggletooths
snaggling
snaggy
snaglike
snags
snail
snail's pace
snail-flower
snail bean
snail darter
snail fever
snail flower

Literary usage of Snaggletooth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Oriflamme (1883)
"... we met " snaggletooth," and all that that name recalls. At the " hop" the boys said of snaggletooth, they had no ..."

2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"Bob Bolton, air that yer snaggletooth countenance over thar? Whar air that root o' rattlesnake's-master you-uns ware gwine ter fetch ter trade fur some ..."

3. The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth: Forming the Most Complete (1834)
"... and Simon snaggletooth. Please, Mr. Othello, can you lend me some vermilion ? No; I always use carmine, except when I black my face for Hassan, ..."

4. A Green Hand's First Cruise ...: Together with a Residence of Five Months in by Josiah Cobb (1841)
"... to be in readiness to give chase to the prize to windward, which many accounted to be 'nothing less than an Indiaman, if Old snaggletooth aloft has ..."

5. Short Patent Sermons by Elbridge Gerry Paige (1845)
"... fervent religious kiss—with the exceptions of Susan Squirt and Sail snaggletooth—who, I am afraid, have sinned away their days of grace and good looks. ..."

6. Short Patent Sermons by Elbridge Gerry Paige (1845)
"... fervent religious kiss—with the exceptions of Susan Squirt and Sail snaggletooth—who, I am afraid, have sinned away their days of grace and good looks. ..."

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