sweet tooth

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sweet tooth

noun sweet tooths

  1. idiomatic, singular A liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets. He eats a healthy diet most of the time, but has a sweet tooth when it comes to candy.
  2. countable, idiomatic Someone with a liking for sweet foods.
  3. An edible fungus of species Hydnum repandum.
  4. A preference, especially for a kind of food. the python has a sweet tooth for rats and mice and the sweet tooth of this particular snake is on edge for a square meal.

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noun a liking for foods that are sweet; a weakness for sweets

Portuguêsformiguinha
Françaisbec sucré

noun someone with a liking for sweet foods

Españolgoloso
日本語甘党 amatō
中文愛吃甜食 /爱吃甜食 ài chī tiánshí
Portuguêsformiguinha, guloso
Françaisbec sucré
DeutschNaschkatze, Schlecker, Schleckerin
Ελληνικάγλυκατζής glykatzís, γλυκατζού glykatzoú
Русскийсладкое́жка sladkojéžka, сластёна slastjóna

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@misc{sweet_tooth_2026,
  title = {sweet tooth},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sweet%20tooth},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}