0 one of the hard, white objects in the mouth that are used for biting and chewing (= crushing food): --
1 any of the row of points that stick out from the edge of a tool or piece of equipment, such as a comb, saw, or zip --
2 effective force or power: --
This committee can make recommendations but it has no real teeth.
3 any of the hard, white objects in the mouth that are used for biting and chewing food --
Even today, in the teeth of a vicious recession, business starts continue to keep pace with business failures.
I must throw her words back in her teeth.
Everything of a whale is used, down to its teeth.
We are conscious of the need to give the monitor teeth.
Does he understand that dental treatment delayed or avoided will cost more in the end and will damage the nation's teeth?
Our amendments set out proposals to give teeth to the monitor.
The 1989–90 survey of five-year-olds showed an average of 1.74 decayed, missing and filled teeth.
They may lead not only to loss of other teeth but also to serious disease of the gums.
