Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a noticeable or prominent space between the teeth, especially the upper front teeth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having gaps in the line of teeth; wanting some of the teeth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having conspicuous interstices between the teeth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective exhibiting a
gap between theteeth , especially between the two upper centralincisors - adjective exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a
baby tooth , or an adult who has lost apermanent tooth
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having widely spaced teeth
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Examples
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I was once like you, charmed by gap-toothed kids and lured by the chance to erase the blackboard whenever I wanted.
Carolyn Bucior: Lesson: Substitute Teaching's 'F' -- What Gwyneth and Cameron Can Teach Education Experts Carolyn Bucior 2011
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These gap-toothed, slack-jawed, hatemongers see nothing wrong with such disgusting and inappropriate displays.
Tea Party organizer vows to burn Pelosi and Perriello in effigy 2009
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The Guardian sat down with our favorite gap-toothed supermodel -- the woman who recently declared she wants gay sons and whose Calvin Klein billboard has been banned in Australia for, according to some groups, being suggestive of violence and rape.
Lara Stone: 'Naughty Shoots Suit My Personality' (PHOTOS, POLL) The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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I was once like you, charmed by gap-toothed kids and lured by the chance to erase the blackboard whenever I wanted.
Carolyn Bucior: Lesson: Substitute Teaching's 'F' -- What Gwyneth and Cameron Can Teach Education Experts Carolyn Bucior 2011
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Fliers featuring photos of the girl with a gap-toothed smile were put up throughout Stewartstown and neighboring communities.
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Cutting had crazy eyes and a huge gap-toothed smile, and he did not seem to assess the politics of every resident in the pancake line.
So Much Pretty Cara Hoffman 2011
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The first panic about increasingly gap-toothed high streets happened in early 2009.
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At least the late publisher William Gaines's MAD magazine -- having risen phoenixlike from the ashes of that witch hunt -- survives to smile a gap-toothed grin at today's news and reply smugly: "What, me worry?"
QUICK POST: Only 56 years later, the CCA seal of censorship is dead Michael Cavna 2011
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Though his gap-toothed smile would light up his face, anger him and he revealed a very dark side, a natural ferocity accentuated by intimidating, sharklike eyes.
Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011
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The gap-toothed 62-year-old is a serial cheater who needs treatment, pals say.
David Duchovny Sex Addiction: David Duchovny Rehab Sex Addiction 2009
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