toothbrush

nounverbcommon in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ//
United Kingdom//ˈtʉwθ.bɹʌʃ//
Scotland//ˈtʉθ.bɾʌʃ//
//ˈtuːθ.bɹʊʃ//
//ˈtuːθ.bɾəʃ//

A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

noun

1
A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh

Etymology

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.

Forms

plural: toothbrushes
past tense: toothbrushed
past participle: toothbrushed
present participle: toothbrushing
third person singular: toothbrushes

tooth · A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many…Tooth · A surname.toothache · A pain or ache in a tooth.

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

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