Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)Exhibiting a gap between the teeth, especially between the two upper central incisors.

    щерба́тыйščerbátyj

  2. (not comparable)Exhibiting a gap where a tooth is missing, as of a child who has lost a baby tooth, or an adult who has lost a permanent tooth.

More definitions
  • having widely spaced teeth

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
having a gap between the front teeth:

Origin

From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tot

From Middle English gap tothed, gapt tothed (also gaptothe), alteration of earlier gat-tothed (literally “gate-toothed”), equivalent to gap + toothed.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

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