Other forms: toothpicks
A toothpick is a small pointed stick for cleaning between the teeth. A wooden toothpick, chew a toothpick, hand round toothpicks.
Dentists prefer floss, since a toothpick can damage the gum, but it survives at table for spearing olives. It is one of the oldest tools there is, and picks have been found with prehistoric remains.
1nountoothpickA small pointed stick for cleaning between the teeth.
“He speared an olive on a toothpick and ate it standing up.”
toothpick is a tool.
Tooth plus pick, from the verb pick, to pierce or peck.
From tooth + pick.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA