toothpick

tooth·pick (t

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A small piece of wood or other material for removing food particles from between the teeth.

toothpick [ˈtuːθˌpɪk]

1. a small sharp sliver of wood, plastic, etc., used for extracting pieces of food from between the teeth

2. (Engineering / Tools) a slang word for bowie knife

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Noun

toothpick - pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth

pick - a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material; "he used a pick to clean the dirt out of the cracks"

strip - thin piece of wood or metal

Translations

toothpick [ˈtuːθpɪk] N → palillo m (de dientes)

toothpick [ˈtuːθpɪk] n → cure-dent m
tooth rot n → carie f dentaire
tooth socket n → alvéole m or f dentaire

toothpick [ˈtuːθˌpɪk] n → stuzzicadenti m inv

toothpick → عود الأسنان zubní párátko tandstikker Zahnstocher οδοντογλυφίδα mondadientes, palillo hammastikku cure-dent čačkalica stuzzicadenti つま楊枝 이쑤시개 tandenstoker tannpirker wykałaczka palito de dente, palito dos dentes зубочистка tandpetare ไม้จิ้มฟัน kürdan cái tăm 牙签

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clean pick pick apart pick at pick off pick on pick out pick over pick up picker Picktooth quill Quilled quilling Smiles stick stick around stick out stick up	There was another old woman watching by the bed; the parish apothecary's apprentice was standing by the fire, making a toothpick out of a quill. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context This, in combination with the lifting of her darkly defined eyebrows over her toothpick by the breadth of a line, suggested to her husband that he would do well to look round the shop among the customers, for any new customer who had dropped in while he stepped over the way. A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context When we drove up to the Blue Boar after a drizzly ride, whom should I see come out under the gateway, toothpick in hand, to look at the coach, but Bentley Drummle! Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context	tooth root tooth shell tooth socket toothache Toothache grass toothache tree Toothback Toothbill toothbrush toothbrush tree toothcomb Toothdrawer toothed toothed spurge toothed sword fern toothed whale toothed wheel Toothful Toothing Toothing plane toothless Toothlet Toothleted toothlike toothpaste toothpick Toothpicker toothpowder Toothshell toothsome toothsomeness toothwort toothy toothypeg tootle tootle along toots tootsie tootsy toowomba canary grass Toowoomba Toozoo top Top 40 Top and but top banana Top billing top boot top brass top cat top dead-centre	Toothed Wrack toother toother Toothfairy Toothful toothier toothiest toothily toothing toothing toothing toothing toothing Toothing plane Toothing plane toothless toothlessly toothlessness Toothlet Toothleted toothlike toothpaste toothpaste toothpaste Toothpaste for Dinner toothpaste sign Toothpaste tube Toothpaste tube Toothpastes Toothpastes toothpick Toothpicker Toothpicks Toothpicks toothpowder tooths tooths tooths tooths tooths Toothshell toothsome toothsome toothsomely toothsomely toothsomeness toothsomeness toothwort toothwort Toothworts Toothworts toothy Toothy (Happy Tree Friends) Toothy Smile toothypeg tootin tooting tooting tooting tooting own horn tooting own horn

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pick apart
pick at
pick off
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pick out
pick over
pick up
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Picktooth
quill
Quilled
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Smiles
stick
stick around
stick out
stick up

There was another old woman watching by the bed; the parish apothecary's apprentice was standing by the fire, making a toothpick out of a quill.

Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context

This, in combination with the lifting of her darkly defined eyebrows over her toothpick by the breadth of a line, suggested to her husband that he would do well to look round the shop among the customers, for any new customer who had dropped in while he stepped over the way.

A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context

When we drove up to the Blue Boar after a drizzly ride, whom should I see come out under the gateway, toothpick in hand, to look at the coach, but Bentley Drummle!

Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context

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