Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The eruption through the gums of the primary teeth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Dentition; the growth or formation of teeth; the act or process of acquiring teeth, as when they cut the gums.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
eruption , through thegums , of themilk teeth ;dentition . - verb Present participle of
teethe .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the eruption through the gums of baby teeth
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Examples
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Poison in teething remedy kills 34 Nigerian children | BabyCenter
Apollo's Daughter :: April 4th, 2009 apollosdtr 2009
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Poison in teething remedy kills 34 Nigerian children | BabyCenter
Apollo's Daughter :: Maternity Dept.: Baby Food: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker apollosdtr 2009
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One thing that worked for us with teething is to wet a washcloth, then wring it out and toss it in the freezer.
How To Feed A Baby And Not Lose Consciousness Trying | Her Bad Mother 2008
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Oh your poor little bunny. teething is such an absolute misery, and to think I have one about to go into braces …
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Her fits of passion, which are awful to behold, and are usually called teething, are no such thing; they are her natural exasperation, because we don't understand her, though she is talking an intelligible language.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Arthur Rackham 1898
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Her fits of passion, which are awful to behold, and are usually called teething, are no such thing; they are her natural exasperation, because we don't understand her, though she is talking an intelligible language.
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Her fits of passion, which are awful to behold, and are usually called teething, are no such thing; they are her natural exasperation, because we don't understand her, though she is talking an intelligible language.
The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens 1898
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Her fits of passion, which are awful to behold, and are usually called teething, are no such thing; they are her natural exasperation, because we don't understand her, though she is talking an intelligible language.
Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens Arthur Rackham 1898
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My little Alice is backward in teething, not having yet achieved her eye or stomach teeth, and backward, I think, too, in talking, though she is beginning to string her words together, and makes her will and wishes distinctly and imperatively understood.
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After howls from the company and vigorous pushback by Ohio officials, however, the agency postponed its final application review to allow USEC more time to fix what the company euphemistically called "teething problems."
Elliott Negin: Will Boehner's Pork Project Be the Next Solyndra? Elliott Negin 2011
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A Guinness World Record holder for the longest duration of fire torch teething – a stunt where you hold a fire torch upright with your teeth – and winner of best comedy magic show at the 2017 Melbourne Magic Festival, Hendrix is among a growing number of female illusionists changing the world of magic.
It's No Trick: Women Are Crashing the Male-Dominated World of Magic 2023
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