Meaning & use

bucktooth

noun·Everyday

A large front tooth that projects noticeably forward or outward beyond the others.

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The cartoon rabbit was drawn with an exaggerated bucktooth to make it look comical.

An orthodontist can often correct a bucktooth with braces during a child's early teens.

A note on using this word

Bucktooth is usually used in its adjective form, buck-toothed, to describe a person's appearance rather than as a clinical medical term.

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