Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make someone's teeth itch

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: make -some-one's -teeth itch
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge.

Example Sentences

"The squeaking won’t do any harm, but if it makes your teeth itch, oil the hinge."

Inflected Forms

makes someone's teeth itch (present, singular) making someone's teeth itch (participle, present) made someone's teeth itch (participle, past) made someone's teeth itch (past)

Questions

What does make someone's teeth itch mean?: To bother or unsettle a person; to put someone on edge.

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