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toot /tuː t/ (toots , tooting , tooted ) VERB If someone toots their car horn or if a car horn toots , it produces a short sound or series of sounds. □ [V n] People set off fireworks and tooted their car horns. □ [V ] Car horns toot as cyclists dart precariously through the traffic. ● N‑SING Toot is also a noun. □  The driver gave me a wave and a toot.

tooth ◆◇◇ /tuː θ/ (teeth )

1 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] Your teeth are the hard white objects in your mouth, which you use for biting and chewing. □  If a tooth feels very loose, your dentist may recommend that it's taken out.

2 N‑PLURAL The teeth of something such as a comb, saw, cog, or zip are the parts that stick out in a row on its edge.

3 N‑PLURAL If you say that something such as an official group or a law has teeth , you mean that it has power and is able to be effective. □  The opposition argues that the new council will be unconstitutional and without teeth. □  The law must have teeth, and it must be enforced.

4 → see also wisdom tooth

5 PHRASE If you say that someone cut their teeth doing a particular thing, at a particular time, or in a particular place, you mean that that is how, when, or where they began their career and learned some of their skills. □  …director John Glen, who cut his teeth on Bond movies.

6 PHRASE If you say that something sets your teeth on edge , you mean that you find it extremely unpleasant or irritating. □  Their voices set your teeth on edge.

7 PHRASE If you fight tooth and nail to do something, you do everything you can in order to achieve it. If you fight something tooth and nail , you do everything you can in order to prevent it. □  He fought tooth and nail to keep his job.

8 PHRASE If you describe a task or activity as something you can get your teeth into , you mean that you like it because it is interesting, complex, and makes you think hard. [INFORMAL , APPROVAL ] □  This role gave her something to get her teeth into.

9 PHRASE If you do something in the teeth of a difficulty or danger, you do it in spite of the difficulty or danger. □  I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale. □  In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to perform well.

10 PHRASE If you say that someone is lying through their teeth , you are emphasizing that they are telling lies. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ]

11 PHRASE If you describe someone as long in the tooth , you are saying unkindly or humorously that they are old or getting old. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □  Aren't I a bit long in the tooth to start being an undergraduate?

12 PHRASE If you have a sweet tooth , you like sweet food very much.

13to get the bit between your teeth → see bit

14to give one's eye teeth for something → see eye

15to gnash one's teeth → see gnash

16to grit your teeth → see grit

17a kick in the teeth → see kick

18by the skin of your teeth → see skin

tooth|ache /tuː θe I k/ N‑UNCOUNT Toothache is pain in one of your teeth.

tooth|brush /tuː θbrʌʃ/ (toothbrushes ) N‑COUNT A toothbrush is a small brush that you use for cleaning your teeth.

too th de|cay N‑UNCOUNT If you have tooth decay , one or more of your teeth has become decayed.

too th fairy (tooth fairies ) N‑COUNT The tooth fairy is an imaginary creature. Children are told that if they put a tooth that comes out under their pillow, the tooth fairy will take it away while they are sleeping and leave a coin in its place.

tooth|less /tuː θləs/

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] You use toothless to describe a person or their smile when they have no teeth.