cut one's teeth on

tooth

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tooth]
- /kʌt wʌnz tiθ ɒn, ɔn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tooth]
- /kʌt wʌnz tiθ ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of cut one's teeth on words

noun cut one's teeth on to use at an early age or stage 3
noun cut one's teeth on to practise on 3
noun cut one's teeth on to learn or use at an early age 3
noun plural cut one's teeth on (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel. 1
noun plural cut one's teeth on (in invertebrates) any of various similar or analogous processes occurring in the mouth or alimentary canal, or on a shell. 1
noun plural cut one's teeth on any projection resembling or suggesting a tooth. 1

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Origin of cut one's teeth on

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English; Old English tōth; cognate with Dutch tand, German Zahn, Old Norse tǫnn; akin to Gothic tunthus, Latin dēns, Greek odoús (Ionic odṓn), Sanskrit dánta

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Parts of speech for Cut one's teeth on

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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cut one's teeth on popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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