toothbrush
noun
- dental hygiene tool
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/ / /ˈtuθ.bɹʌʃ/
noun
Etymology: From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
- A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.
“A Turkiſh tooth-bruſh”
verb
Etymology: From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).
- To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.
“In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.”
“I toothbrushed the stale rum stink from my mouth and stared at myself in the cabinet mirror.”