shine teeth

Naija

Etymology

From: English shine and teeth

Pronunciation

• ʃáìntìt

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Verb Phrase

• Mouth dey be like sey person want laugh.

• Small pikin dey like to dey shine teeth wey dey never get.  — (Babies love to smile, showing off their toothless gums.)
• If your teeth no white, to dey shine teeth go dey fear you.  — (When your teeth are not white, smiling becomes difficult.)

Related form

• shine, shineshine, shine eye

Synonym

• laugh

Antonym

• cry

Translation

• English: smile