toothbrush

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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːθbɹʌʃ/

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toothbrush (plural toothbrushes)

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

• toothbrush moustache

toothbrush (third-person singular simple present toothbrushes, present participle toothbrushing, simple 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.