[
US
/ˈmaʊθ/
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NOUN
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the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
she wiped lipstick from her mouth -
the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
he stuffed his mouth with candy -
a person conceived as a consumer of food
he has four mouths to feed -
the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
New York is at the mouth of the Hudson -
an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
they built a fire at the mouth of the cave
he rode into the mouth of the canyon -
an impudent or insolent rejoinder
don't give me any of your sass - a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
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the opening of a jar or bottle
the jar had a wide mouth
VERB
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express in speech
This depressed patient does not verbalize
She talks a lot of nonsense -
articulate silently; form words with the lips only
She mouthed a swear word - touch with the mouth
How To Use mouth In A Sentence
- I didn't open my mouth until he talked himself out.
- They have recognized that their business depends on world of mouth, and that world of mouth is based on customer satisfaction.
- Sony Pictures Animation has a full slate of films including the mouth-watering 3D comedy Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, which opened as the #1 movie in North America on September 18, Hotel Transylvania, now in pre-production and, in association with Columbia Pictures, The Smurfs, now in production. Anton Yelchin and Fred Armisen Join The Smurfs | /Film
- Could be that, or maybe she's a little wigged out working in an office full of blabbermouths.
- The experience was a little like being seated next to a cheerful, open-faced fellow on a long airplane flight who begins talking to you - and then never, ever, ever stops, not even when he has his Salisbury steak dinner in his mouth.
- He looked a bit worried when I sat down at the table and produced a bunch of inhalers, some pills, a bottle of cough syrup and some throat lozenges and proceeded to stuff them all into my mouth…
- Well, my boy Joey is eight years old, and he's a foul-mouthed dumb-ass little loser just like his father.
- Fishing. Tie magnets to a string, cut fish shapes out of construction paper and attach a paper clip to the fish's mouth and voila.
- Sjogren's syndrome "targets and destroys over time the exocrine glands responsible for tear production and saliva -- and is characterized by dryness of the mouth and eyes," said Dr. Michael Belmont, an associate professor of medicine in the division of rheumatology at NYU Langone Medical Center and medical director for Hospital for Joint Diseases. Why Sjogren's syndrome caused Williams to quit U.S. open
- I let the word tumble out of my mouth as I made a vow to stay aware of what I was saying. Good Fortune
