Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sour tooth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: sour -tooth
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A liking for foods that are sour.

noun

Someone with a liking for sour foods.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Robin and Jay Brown weren't the kind of kids to be caught with their hands in the cookie jar — they each had a sour (sometimes a half-sour) tooth, and pilfered pickles instead of desserts."
"Use about an equal weight of sugar (or less, if you've got a sour tooth), top with your favorite crumble or sweet biscuit topping and bake"
"Fruits are sweet! I hate anything sweet! I have a sour tooth."
"Some "sour-tooths" prefer a sweet, non-acid fruit to an acid non-sweet one, while others do not."

Etymology

By analogy with sweet tooth.

Usage

Countable

Inflected Forms

sour tooths (plural) sour-tooth (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

salty tooth spicy tooth sweet tooth

Questions

What does sour tooth mean?: A liking for foods that are sour.
Where does sour tooth come from?: By analogy with sweet tooth.

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