Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A part, as of a musical instrument or a telephone, that functions in or near the mouth.
- noun Sports A rubber or flexible plastic protective device worn over the teeth, as by boxers.
- noun Informal One, such as a spokesperson, through which views are expressed.
- noun Slang A lawyer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In an instrument or utensil made to be inserted or applied to the mouth, the part which touches the lips or is held in the mouth, as in a musical instrument, a tobacco-pipe, cigar-holder, etc. See cut under
clarinet . - noun One who delivers the opinions of others; one who speaks on behalf of others: as, the mouthpiece of an assembly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it.
- noun An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid.
- noun One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman.
- noun slang A person's lawyer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A part of any
device that functions in or near themouth , especially of atelephone ormusical instrument - noun A
spokesman whospeaks on behalf of someone else - noun slang A
lawyer for thedefense
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- noun the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
- noun a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
- noun (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
- noun an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
- noun the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
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Examples
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The mouthpiece is connected to a computer that prints out a report and we will discuss the report with you.
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In the rest of the world this political mouthpiece is a self-confessed left leaning government rent a crowd - and you accuse them of Bias towards the Tories.
Why did the BBC allow the Norwich North debate be hijacked by Tory Councillors ? Norfolk Blogger 2009
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I guess right wing unfunny mouthpiece is a last refuge for a has been searching for a meal ticket.
Think Progress » Cheney: Telling Leahy to ‘f*ck’ himself was ‘sort of the best thing I ever did.’ 2010
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Tony Snow describes his job as 'helping set policy,' does that sound like the mouthpiece is out of the loop?
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That leftwing mouthpiece is nothing but a propaganda outlet for Liberal Democrats.
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Tucker like the typical rightwing mouthpiece is a ‘tool’.
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And only a mouthpiece from a similar background with a similar dearth of experience under fire would consider using those words.
Quote of the day 2004
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And only a mouthpiece from a similar background with a similar dearth of experience under fire would consider using those words.
Archive 2004-06-01 2004
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And only a mouthpiece from a similar background with a similar dearth of experience under fire would consider using those words.
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And only a mouthpiece from a similar background with a similar dearth of experience under fire would consider using those words.
Damn them. 2004
minouchette commented on the word mouthpiece
lawyer
October 8, 2010