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 or intertwined.

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Examples

  • O'BRIEN: The man who was once known as the snaggle-toothed killer is getting an extreme makeover.

    CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2004 2004

  • We were feeling kind of snaggle-toothed for a while there.

    DesMoinesRegister.com - NEWS 2009

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Derek clocked him right in his snaggle-toothed mouth.

    BULLIES WITH BIG FAT HEADS • by Fred Warren 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • Steve Buscemi inReservoir Dogs, down to the last snaggle tooth.

    Mescaline Blues 2010

  • 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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