"toothing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: toothings [plural]
Etymology: tooth + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tooth|ing}} tooth + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} toothing (countable and uncountable, plural toothings)
  1. The act or process of indenting or furnishing with teeth. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-toothing-en-noun-H0dCgGFh
  2. (construction) Bricks alternately projecting at the end of a wall, in order to be bonded into a continuation of it when the remainder is carried up. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Construction
    Sense id: en-toothing-en-noun-wL86YC5q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 30 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 6 36 25 33 Topics: business, construction, manufacturing
  3. A hoax claim that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs were being used to arrange random sexual encounters, perpetrated as a prank to "highlight how journalists are happy to believe something is true without necessarily checking the facts". Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-toothing-en-noun-XlrLtxIU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 30 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 6 36 25 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: toothing plane

Verb

Etymology: tooth + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tooth|ing}} tooth + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} toothing
  1. present participle and gerund of tooth Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: tooth
    Sense id: en-toothing-en-verb-T86xIofb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 32 30 37 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 6 36 25 33

Inflected forms

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