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Webster 1913 Edition
Teething
Teeth′ing
,Noun.
The process of the first growth of teeth, or the phenomena attending their issue through the gums; dentition.
Webster 1828 Edition
Teething
TEE'THING
,ppr.
TEE'THING
,Noun.
Definition 2024
teething
teething
English
Noun
teething (countable and uncountable, plural teethings)
- The eruption, through the gums, of the milk teeth; dentition.
- 2009, Katie Van Dyke, Unlikely Truths of Motherhood
- But with night feedings and night teethings, often the greatest challenge of all for a young mother is simply fatigue.
- 2009, Katie Van Dyke, Unlikely Truths of Motherhood
Translations
eruption of milk teeth
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Derived terms
Verb
teething
- present participle of teethe