- sweet tooth
- nouna strong appetite for sweet food
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nounEtymology: Middle English swete toth, from swete sweet + toth tooth — more at sweet, tooth: a craving or fondness for sweet foodcan never get enough cake to satisfy his sweet tooth
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a liking or craving for candy and other sweets.[1350-1400; ME]* * *
sweet tooth UK US noun [singular]someone who has a sweet tooth likes to eat sweet foodThesaurus: words for people according to eating or drinking habitshyponym general words meaningto eatsynonymDerived Word: sweet-toothed* * *
sweet tooth,a fondness for sweets.* * *
n. [usu. in sing.] (pl. sweet tooths) a great liking for sweet-tasting foodsDerivatives:sweet-toothed adj.* * *
noun [singular]informal : a liking for sweet foodsHe's always had a sweet tooth. [=he has always liked sweets]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.