toothcombing

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From toothcomb +‎ -ing.

Adjective[edit]

toothcombing (comparative more toothcombing, superlative most toothcombing)

  1. Of an analysis, a search, etc.: very thorough; detailed.
    • 2010, Guy Deutscher, Through the Language Glass, Arrow, published 2011, page 30:
      Gladstone's toothcombing analysis of what the poems said and—sometimes even more importantly—what they did not say thus led him to remarkable discoveries about the cultural world of the ancient Greeks.

Verb[edit]

toothcombing

  1. present participle and gerund of toothcomb
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Etymology 2[edit]

From toothcomb +‎ -ing.

Noun[edit]

toothcombing (plural toothcombings)

  1. gerund of toothcomb: a thorough search.
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