Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The body opening through which an animal takes in food.
- noun The cavity lying at the upper end of the digestive tract, bounded on the outside by the lips and inside by the oropharynx and containing in humans and certain other vertebrates the tongue, gums, and teeth.
- noun This cavity regarded as the source of sounds and speech.
- noun The opening to any cavity or canal in an organ or a bodily part.
- noun The part of the lips visible on the human face.
- noun A pout, grimace, or similar expression.
- noun A person viewed as a consumer of food.
- noun A spokesperson; a mouthpiece.
- noun Utterance; voice.
- noun A tendency to talk excessively or unwisely.
- noun Impudent or vulgar talk.
- noun An opening, especially:
- noun The part of a stream or river that empties into a larger body of water.
- noun The entrance to a harbor, canyon, valley, or cave.
- noun The opening through which a container is filled or emptied.
- noun The muzzle of a gun.
- noun The opening between the jaws of a vise or other holding or gripping tool.
- noun An opening in the pipe of an organ.
- noun The opening in the mouthpiece of a flute across which the player blows.
- intransitive verb To speak or pronounce, especially.
- intransitive verb To declare in a pompous manner; declaim.
- intransitive verb To utter without conviction or understanding.
- intransitive verb To form soundlessly.
- intransitive verb To take in or touch with the mouth.
- intransitive verb To orate affectedly; declaim.
- intransitive verb To grimace.
- idiom (down in/at) Discouraged; sad; dejected.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To utter.
- To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling, or with more regard to sound than to sense.
- To touch, press, or seize with the mouth or lips; take into the mouth; mumble; lick.
- To reproach; insult.
- To speak with a full, round, or loud voice; speak affectedly; vociferate; rant: as, a mouthing actor.
- To join mouths; kiss.
- To make a mouth; make a wry face; grimace.
- noun In transverse flutes, the edge of a mouth-hole. See
mouth-hole . - noun In metallurgy, the opening through which a furnace is charged with fuel, ore, etc.
- noun In mining, a mine entrance.
- noun The oral opening or ingestive aperture of an animal, of whatever character and wherever situated; the os, or oral end of the alimentary canal or digestive system.
- noun Specifically — The human mouth regarded as the channel of vocal utterance.
- noun The interior hollow of the mouth; the buccal cavity: as, inflammation of the mouth and throat.
- noun The exterior opening or orifice of the mouth; the lips: as, a well-formed mouth; a kiss on the mouth.
- noun In entomology, the mouth-parts collectively; the oral organs or appendages which are visible externally: as, the trophi of a mandibulate mouth.
- noun Anything resembling a mouth in some respect.
- noun The part of a river or other stream where its waters are discharged into the ocean or any large body of water; a conformation of land resembling a river-mouth.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Edward -- now as heavy as a cannonball -- and pried his mouth open, staring down his gullet, staring down into * another mouth*, Frederick's mouth, which gaped open, revealing a * third* mouth, George's.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town Cory Doctorow
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When the mouth is very wide, it is called a _Tory mouth_.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 13, 1841 Various
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The proposed reversal to _thy mouth speak with his mouth_ (Giesebrecht, etc.) misses the point; surely the captor would speak first.
Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 George Adam Smith 1899
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He likes to imitate gestures with his arms and mouth; he observes attentively the _movements of the lips of one who is speaking_, sometimes _touching_ at the same time the _mouth of the speaker with his finger_.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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Lying about widows of 9/11 and everything else that toilet she calls a mouth is the real problem.
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You are the one slandering our brave troops, hell any mention of our troops coming from the slit you call a mouth is a slander from a traitor.
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Thu 11/26/09 9: 11 AM oh Sally, a mouth is a mouth …
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You want him to be a bellicose bully who stirs up trouble everywhere, even though we can't put our money (soldiers) where our mouth is and we're going broke supporting the Iraq War?
Gates: U.S. ready if North Korea sends missile toward Hawaii 2009
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Then put your money where your mouth is and reject all the "socialist" benefits you now enjoy.
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I think the scoop in the mouth is a little deeper than other poppers, which makes a big difference.
lampbane commented on the word mouth
"All your mental armor drags me down
We can't breathe when we come around
All your mental armor drags me down
Nothing hurts like your mouth"
July 31, 2007
seanahan commented on the word mouth
So that's what that second line is. I have this CD, but I never bothered to look at the lyrics.
July 31, 2007
brobbins commented on the word mouth
angels, prophets
July 23, 2009