toothbrush

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To clean or scrub with a toothbrush.

   In Rome, a restorer toothbrushed away some candle-grime over God's Sistine Chapel eye to reveal an eyebrow of Groucho Marx proportion.

2. 2
   noun

   small brush

3. 3
   noun

   slang for a mustache

4. 4
   noun

   A brush, used with toothpaste, for cleaning the teeth.

Etymology

From tooth + brush. Compare Saterland Frisian Tuskebäärsel (“toothbrush”), West Frisian toskboarstel (“toothbrush”), Dutch tandenborstel (“toothbrush”), German Zahnbürste (“toothbrush”), Danish tandbørste (“toothbrush”), Swedish tandborste (“toothbrush”), Icelandic tannbursti (“toothbrush”).