toothbrush
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ//
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈtʉwθ.bɹʌʃ//
- Schottland//ˈtʉθ.bɾʌʃ//
- //ˈtuːθ.bɹʊʃ//
- //ˈtuːθ.bɾəʃ//
A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
Substantiv
- 1
A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh
Herkunft
From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
Verb
- 1
To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.
I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.
Formen
- Plural
- toothbrushes
- Präteritum
- toothbrushed
- Partizip II
- toothbrushed
- Partizip I
- toothbrushing
- 3. Person Singular
- toothbrushes
toothbrush · A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
toothless · Having no teeth.toothpaste · A paste, normally used with a toothbrush, for cleaning the…toots · Babe, sweetie: a term used when addressing a young woman