Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To nibble.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A tangled, knotted, or intertwined mass.
- verb To become
tangled ,knotted orintertwined .
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Examples
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O'BRIEN: The man who was once known as the snaggle-toothed killer is getting an extreme makeover.
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We were feeling kind of snaggle-toothed for a while there.
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She (along with my father) can be credited with my not, at this very moment, lying naked (apart from a pair of sunglasses) in a gutter somewhere, a variety of illegal substances coursing through my system, nursing a broken nose with one last remaining snaggle-tooth hanging on for dear life.
Jason Kitchen: To My Dearest Mumsy: Thank You for Not Being a 'Tiger Mother' Jason Kitchen 2011
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She (along with my father) can be credited with my not, at this very moment, lying naked (apart from a pair of sunglasses) in a gutter somewhere, a variety of illegal substances coursing through my system, nursing a broken nose with one last remaining snaggle-tooth hanging on for dear life.
Jason Kitchen: To My Dearest Mumsy: Thank You for Not Being a 'Tiger Mother' Jason Kitchen 2011
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With chef Clark operating the camera and Smith serving as a one-woman troupe, the two just wanted to amuse themselves over some of the frustrations, minor and otherwise, they encounter: a snaggle-toothed customer who mistakes a molar chip for a piece of glass, a neighbor who can't grasp the no-fried-chicken-on-Sunday menu, the husband who races to the counter, leaving the door ajar and his poor wife behind in the parking lot.
Gillian Clark: The chef people love to hate? Tim Carman 2011
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Derek clocked him right in his snaggle-toothed mouth.
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With chef Clark operating the camera and Smith serving as a one-woman troupe, the two just wanted to amuse themselves over some of the frustrations, minor and otherwise, they encounter: a snaggle-toothed customer who mistakes a molar chip for a piece of glass, a neighbor who can't grasp the no-fried-chicken-on-Sunday menu, the husband who races to the counter, leaving the door ajar and his poor wife behind in the parking lot.
Gillian Clark: The chef people love to hate? Tim Carman 2011
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I say this not to be cruel - I had a horrible snaggle tooth as a child, which luckily was knocked out by a horse, along with several other teeth, so I'm sympathetic to the whole problem of how dental implants cost as much as having a car parked in your mouth.
Holly Robinson: Saying Goodbye to Siobhan Was an Idol Shocker 2010
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Steve Buscemi inReservoir Dogs, down to the last snaggle tooth.
Mescaline Blues 2010
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I say this not to be cruel - I had a horrible snaggle tooth as a child, which luckily was knocked out by a horse, along with several other teeth, so I'm sympathetic to the whole problem of how dental implants cost as much as having a car parked in your mouth.
Holly Robinson: Saying Goodbye to Siobhan Was an Idol Shocker 2010
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