TOOTHACHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toothache mean? 

• TOOTHACHE (noun)
  The noun TOOTHACHE has 1 sense:

1. an ache localized in or around a tooth

  Familiarity information: TOOTHACHE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOOTHACHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An ache localized in or around a tooth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

odontalgia; toothache

Hypernyms ("toothache" is a kind of...):

ache; aching (a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toothache"):

aerodontalgia (pain in the teeth that results from a change in air pressure (as in flying or mountain climbing))

 Context examples 

Words used to describe very dull pain include 'like a dull toothache,' 'dull pain,' and 'like a bruise.'

(NPS - Tell Us How Dull Your Pain Feels, NCI Thesaurus)

This supplement is used to reduce disease symptoms, such as sweating, toothache, headache, ulcers, and insomnia.

(Largetrifoliolious Bugbane Rhizome Supplement, NCI Thesaurus)

I had struck him hard enough to give him the toothache, I suppose.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)