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mouth

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noun

ˈmau̇th How to pronounce mouth (audio)
plural mouths ˈmau̇t͟hz How to pronounce mouth (audio)
also
ˈmau̇z How to pronounce mouth (audio) ˈmau̇ths How to pronounce mouth (audio)
 in synecdochic compounds like "blabbermouths"  is more frequent ˈmau̇ths
often attributive
1
a
: the natural opening through which food passes into the body of an animal and which in vertebrates is typically bounded externally by the lips and internally by the pharynx and encloses the tongue, gums, and teeth
b
: grimace
made a mouth
c
: an individual requiring food
had too many mouths to feed
2
a
: voice, speech
finally gave mouth to her feelings
b
: mouthpiece sense 3a
he is the mouth … of the House in its relations with the Crown T. E. May
c(1)
: a tendency to excessive talk
he is not all mouth … he gets results Time
(2)
: saucy or disrespectful language : impudence
just don't take any mouth from him Jackson Burgess
3
: something that resembles a mouth especially in affording entrance or exit: such as
a
: the place where a stream enters a larger body of water
b
: the surface opening of an underground cavity (see cavity sense 1)
the mouth of a well
the mouth of a volcano
c
: the opening of a container
the mouth of a bottle
d
: an opening in the side of an organ flue pipe
mouthlike
ˈmau̇th-ˌlīk How to pronounce mouth (audio)
adjective

mouth

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verb

ˈmau̇t͟h How to pronounce mouth (audio)
also
ˈmau̇th How to pronounce mouth (audio)
mouthed; mouthing; mouths

transitive verb

1
a
: speak, pronounce
b
: to utter bombastically : declaim
c
: to repeat without comprehension or sincerity
always mouthing platitudes
d
: to form soundlessly with the lips
the librarian mouthed the word "quiet"
e
: to utter indistinctly : mumble
mouthed his words
2
: to take into the mouth
especially : eat

intransitive verb

1
a
: to talk pompously : rant
—often used with off
b
: to talk insolently or impudently
—usually used with off
2
: to move the mouth especially so as to make faces
mouther noun
Phrases
down in the mouth
: dejected, sulky

Synonyms

Noun

Verb

Example Sentences

Noun He kissed her on the mouth. He threatened to punch me in the mouth. She stood there with her mouth agape. I burned the roof of my mouth. They told him to keep his mouth closed when chewing and not to talk with his mouth full. He wiped his mouth with a napkin after eating. She regretted saying it as soon as the words were out of her mouth. The smell of the food made my mouth water. The candy melts in your mouth. The medication is taken by mouth. Verb She was just mouthing the usual meaningless platitudes about the need for reform. silently mouthing the words to a song See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The brand's promise that this new formula would be a little gentler on the mouth sounded like a good thing. Gabi Thorne, Allure, 12 Sep. 2022 Bharat Biotech’s vaccine is slightly different from CanSino’s as it is sniffed through the nose while CanSino’s is inhaled through the mouth. Grady Mcgregor, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 The hiker went up to the mouth of the canyon to fix an American flag that was bending over near the location. Alixel Cabrera, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Sep. 2022 Patients generally get infected through the mouth, typically by hands contaminated with an infected person’s fecal matter, but the virus also can spread through an infected person’s sneeze or cough. Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022 Jerry Riley, the 1976 champion, begins his story in 1910 with his parents, then tells of his early life living hand-to-mouth in the villages of Alaska, overcoming hardships that forged his character and gave him the determination to win. David James, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2022 Symptoms can include a rash that can look like pimples on the face and on or inside the mouth along with other parts of the body. Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 26 Aug. 2022 The daughter, police found, sustained an injury to her mouth and a bite on her leg. cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022 Tropical storm warnings are in effect on the Texas coast from Port Mansfield to the mouth of the Rio Grande. Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2022
Verb
Fish will be moving slowly and may mouth it, then spit it out and swim off. John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Feb. 2022 Still afraid that Nurse Vivian would somehow mouth the words off key, the director told her to stay as far from the microphone as possible. Kevin Fisher-paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Nov. 2021 Some of them would just stand there and mouth the words, beer delivery. David Lahuta, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2020 These days, designers who’d rather die than gain ten pounds, designers who’d rather make clothes for purse dogs than fat people, could mouth the right platitudes and make the right gestures. Seija Rankin, EW.com, 5 May 2020 Who is speaking the truth, and on what basis, and who is merely mouthing what people want to hear? Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 1 May 2020 Big fish, say a 2-pound female, will mouth it gently without moving. Bill Heavey, Field & Stream, 25 Mar. 2020 His peers are out there right now bad-mouthing the Bearcats. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 5 Feb. 2020 For months, Trump and his allies bad-mouthed her to Zelenskiy and others in Kyiv. Jonathan Allen, NBC News, 16 Nov. 2019 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, going back to Old English mūþ, going back to Germanic *munþa- (whence also Old Frisian mūth, mund "mouth," Old Saxon mūth, Middle Dutch mont, Old High German munt, Old Icelandic munnr, Gothic munþs), going back to dialectal Indo-European *mn̥t-, whence also Welsh mant "mouth, jaw, mandible," Latin mentum "chin"

Note: This etymon is limited to Celtic, Italic, and Germanic, though a relation with Hittite mēni-, mēna- "face, cheek" has also been suggested. The form *mn̥t- has been taken as a verbal adjective of the base *men- (or *min-) seen in Latin ēminēre "to stick out, protrude," but apparently nowhere else in Indo-European (see minatory).

Verb

Middle English mouthen, derivative of mouth mouth entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of mouth was before the 12th century

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