toothbrush

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtuːθbɹʌʃ/

Noun

toothbrush (plural toothbrushes)

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

Translations

• French: brosse à dents
• German: Zahnbürste
• Italian: spazzolino da denti
• Portuguese: escova de dentes
• Russian: зубна́я щётка
• Spanish: cepillo de dientes, escobilla de dientes (Chile)

Verb

toothbrush (toothbrushes, present participle toothbrushing; past and past participle toothbrushed)

1. (transitive) To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
   • 1997, Matthew Remski, Dying for Veronica

     In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.

   • 2004, Iceberg Slim, Trick Baby

     I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.

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