Toothless
['tuːθləs] or ['tuθləs]
Definition
(adj.) lacking necessary force for effectiveness; 'a toothless piece of legislation' .
(adj.) lacking teeth; 'most birds are toothless'; 'a toothless old crone' .
Editor: Ramon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having no teeth.
Editor: Vince
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are toothless, denotes your inability to advance your interests, and ill health will cast goom{sic} over your prospects. To see others toothless, foretells that enemies are trying in vain to calumniate you.
Typed by Agatha
Examples
- What would you think of a man who looked at some decayed, blind, toothless, pock-marked Cleopatra, and said: What matchless beauty! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- With the exception of two yellow fangs she was entirely toothless. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- No, no,' said the other, looking round her and wagging her toothless jaws. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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