mouth
Noun:
- The opening in the face used for speaking, eating, and breathing: The part of the body containing the lips, teeth, and tongue.
- The opening or entrance to something hollow or enclosed: The part of a cave, bottle, jar, river, etc., where things enter or exit.
- A person regarded as needing to be fed: A person, especially a dependent, considered as a consumer of food.
- Impudent or insolent talk: Disrespectful or rude speech.
Verb:
- To form words with the lips silently: To move the lips as if speaking without making sound.
- To say something insincerely or without conviction: To utter words in an affected or meaningless way.
- To touch or take into the mouth: To bring into contact with the mouth.
Noun:
- She opened her mouth to speak.
- The river widens at its mouth.
- It's a small business with many mouths to feed.
- Don't give me any of your mouth!
Verb:
- The actor mouthed the words to the song from backstage.
- He just mouthed empty promises.
- The puppy mouthed the toy gently.
"To be down in the mouth": To look unhappy or depressed.
- He's been down in the mouth since he lost his job.
"To make one's mouth water": To cause someone to feel a strong desire for something, especially food.
- The smell of baking bread makes my mouth water.
"To put words into someone's mouth": To falsely claim or suggest that someone has said something.
- Stop putting words into my mouth; I never said that!
Mouthful (n): An amount of food or drink that fills the mouth; a long or complicated word or phrase.
- He took a large mouthful of soup.
Mouthpiece (n): A part of a musical instrument, telephone, etc., that is placed near or in the mouth; a spokesperson.
- He is seen as the mouthpiece of the organization.
- Noun: Opening, entrance, aperture, lips, orifice.
- Verb (to form words silently): Lip, mimic.
- Verb (to say insincerely): Parrot, recite.
- Mouth off (informal): To talk loudly, angrily, or indiscreetly; to complain or boast.
- He got in trouble for mouthing off to the teacher.
"Born with a silver spoon in one's mouth": Born into a wealthy family.
- She was born with a silver spoon in her mouth and never had to work.
"Butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth": Used to describe someone who appears innocent or sincere but is not.
- She looks so sweet, like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth.
"Straight from the horse's mouth": Information received directly from the original or most authoritative source.
- I heard it straight from the horse's mouth that the deal is closed.
- the opening of a jar or bottle
- the jar had a wide mouth
- an impudent or insolent rejoinder
- don't give me any of your sass
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- 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)
- he rode into the mouth of the canyon
- they built a fire at the mouth of the cave
- 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
- touch with the mouth
- articulate silently; form words with the lips only
- She mouthed a swear word
- express in speech
- She talks a lot of nonsense
- This depressed patient does not verbalize