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Toothing

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth..

Definitions by Sense

The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.
Teething (growing of teeth).
(stamps) Tooth-like projections from the perforated edges of a stamp after separation along from its sheet.
(construction) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.
(botany) A configuration of a leaf margin with teeth, such as of a dentate, serrate, or crenate leaf.
The suppose use of Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs to arrange random sexual encounters (a hoax intended to highlight journalists' gullibility and poor fact-checking if they reported it as real).
present participle and gerund of tooth

Example Sentences

Bluetooth has lately been associated with the practice of "toothing" or sending messages via Bluetooth in public spaces as attempts to find (sexual) partners.

Word Forms

toothings

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What does toothing mean?

Toothing means The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth..

What is a synonym for toothing?

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

What is the opposite of toothing?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use toothing in a sentence?

Bluetooth has lately been associated with the practice of "toothing" or sending messages via Bluetooth in public spaces as attempts to find (sexual) partners.

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Definitions by Sense

The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth.

Teething (growing of teeth).

(stamps) Tooth-like projections from the perforated edges of a stamp after separation along from its sheet.

(construction) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up.

(botany) A configuration of a leaf margin with teeth, such as of a dentate, serrate, or crenate leaf.

The suppose use of Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs to arrange random sexual encounters (a hoax intended to highlight journalists' gullibility and poor fact-checking if they reported it as real).

present participle and gerund of tooth

Frequently Asked Questions

What does toothing mean?

Toothing means The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth..

What is a synonym for toothing?

The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.

What is the opposite of toothing?

The opposite depends on the specific sense.

How do you use toothing in a sentence?

Bluetooth has lately been associated with the practice of "toothing" or sending messages via Bluetooth in public spaces as attempts to find (sexual) partners.

Sources & Attribution

FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.