overbite
pronunciation
How to pronounce overbite in British English:
UK [ˈəʊvəbaɪt]
How to pronounce overbite in American English:
US [ˈoʊvərbaɪt]
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- Noun:
- (dentistry) malocclusion in which the upper teeth extend abnormally far over the lower teeth
Word Origin
- overbite (n.)
- "overlapping of the lower teeth by the upper ones," 1887, from over- + bite (n.).
Example
- 1. You go dancing , you do the white man 's overbite .
- 2. Boy , she has the cutest little overbite , don 't you think ?
- 3. She 's got the slightest little overbite .
- 4. Boy , she has the cutest iittle overbite , don 't you think ?
- 5. Objective this study was to investigate the effective method in the reduction of deep anterior overbite .