mouth : Idioms & Phrases

Bell"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron.

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Bird's-mouth` noun

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1. (Arch.) An interior agle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States.

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Black"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous.

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• adverb orally
  viva voce.
  
  • I heard it viva voce
• adverb by spoken rather than written means
  orally.
  
  • these stories were transmitted by word of mouth

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• orally; by actual speaking. Boyle.

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Deep"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." Dryden.

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• adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
  blue; downhearted; dispirited; depressed; downcast; down; gloomy; low; low-spirited; grim.
  
  • gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  • gloomy predictions
  • a gloomy silence
  • took a grim view of the economy
  • the darkening mood
  • lonely and blue in a strange city
  • depressed by the loss of his job
  • a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
  • downcast after his defeat
  • feeling discouraged and downhearted

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• chapfallen; of dejected countenance; depressed; discouraged. Obs. or Colloq.
• chopfallen; dejected.

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• noun a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla; Canada
  Arethusa bulbosa; wild pink; bog rose.
  

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• noun abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva
  xerostomia.
  

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• noun small toad of southeastern United States
  Gastrophryne carolinensis.
  

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Flap"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Having broad, hangling lips. R. Shak.

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• verb be in a state of uncontrolled anger
  foam at the mouth.
  

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• a contagious disease (Eczema epizoötica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.

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• noun acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
  foot-and-mouth disease.
  

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• adjective satellite using foul or obscene language
  foul-spoken.
  
  • noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once

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Foul"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive.

   So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.

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• verb be in a state of uncontrolled anger
  foam at the mouth.
  

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• noun North American orchid having a solitary leaf and flowers with threadlike petals
  Malaxis ophioglossoides; Malaxis-unifolia.
  

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• adverb with barely enough money for immediate needs
  
  • they lived form hand to mouth

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• adjective satellite providing only bare essentials
  
  • a hand-to-mouth existence

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Hard"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Not sensible to the bit; not easily governed; as, a hard-mouthed horse.

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Hon"ey-mouthed` adjective

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1. Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive. Shak.

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• noun acute contagious disease of cloven-footed animals marked by ulcers in the mouth and around the hoofs
  foot-and-mouth disease.
  

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Hot"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Headstrong.

   That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.

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• verb refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
  keep quiet; keep one's mouth shut.
  
  • Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!

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• adjective satellite having a relatively large mouth
  

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• adjective satellite given to loud offensive talk
  

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Loud"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.

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Meal"-mouthed` adjective

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1. See Mealy-mouthed.

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• adjective satellite hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
  mealymouthed.
  
  • a mealymouthed politician

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Meal"y-mouthed` adjective

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1. Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." Tennyson.

   She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. L'Estrange.

   -- Meal"y-mouth`ness n.

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• noun a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
  jews' harp; jew's harp.
  

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• one who professes friendship insincerely. Shak.

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• a small mirror for inspecting the mouth or teeth.

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• noun a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
  harp; mouth harp; harmonica.
  

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• noun a hole (as in a ski mask) for the mouth
  

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• honor given in words, but not felt. Shak.

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• verb talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  rabbit on; spout; rant; rave; jabber.
  

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• noun a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
  harp; mouth harp; harmonica.
  

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• . (Mus.) (a) Pan's pipes . See Pandean. (b) An harmonicon.

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• an organ pipe with a lip or plate to cut the escaping air and make a sound.

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Mouth"-foot`ed adjective

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1. (Zoöl.) Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.

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Mouth"-made` adjective

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1. Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

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• noun an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen
  CPR; kiss of life; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; cardiac resuscitation.
  

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• adjective satellite pleasing to the sense of taste
  savory; savoury.
  

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• adjective satellite having a narrow mouth
  

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O"pen-mouthed` adjective

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1. Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.

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• a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. R.

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• a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.

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Pouch"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.

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• noun the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities
  palate.
  

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• verb speak spontaneously and without restraint
  lip off.
  
  • She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets

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• verb refrain from divulging sensitive information; keep quiet about confidential information
  keep quiet; keep one's mouth shut.
  
  • Don't tell him any secrets--he cannot keep his mouth shut!

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• a phrase denoting that a person or animal has a longing desire for something, since the sight of food often causes one who is hungry to have an increased flow of saliva.

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• to taunt. Obs.

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• to be much frightened.

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• to weep or cry; to feel regret, vexation, or disappointment after hilarity or exaltation. Slang

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• to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision.

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• to examine the mouth of a horse which has been received as a gift, in order to ascertain his age; hence, to accept favors in a critical and thankless spirit. Lowell.

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• to silence or be silent; to put to shame; to confound.

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• noun an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
  Vincent's angina; Vincent's infection.
  

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Tut"-mouthed` adjective

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1. Having a projecting under jaw; prognathous. Obs. Holland.

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• noun small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America
  Gastrophryne olivacea.
  

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• noun gossip spread by spoken communication
  grapevine; pipeline.
  
  • the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth

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• adjective satellite expressed orally
  viva-voce.
  
  • a viva-voce report
  • the film had good word-of-mouth publicity

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