toothcombing

See also: tooth-combing

English

Etymology 1

From toothcomb ‎ -ing.

Adjective

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

toothcombing

1. present participle and gerund of toothcomb

Alternative forms

• tooth-combing

Etymology 2

From toothcomb ‎ -ing.

Noun

toothcombing (plural toothcombings)

1. gerund of toothcomb: a thorough search.

Alternative forms

• tooth-combing