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as in jaws
the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal
the baby chicks opened their mouths very wide and chirped piteously when their mother came back with worms
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as in grimace
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval
the boy usually makes a mouth when he gets an injection
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as in cheek
disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request
I won't tolerate you giving your mother mouth about everything
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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group
the press secretary is the official mouth of the administration
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as in to grimace
to distort one's face
when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes
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as in to mutter
to speak softly and unclearly
the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath
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Recent Examples of mouth
Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where many Mediterranean cultures mingled.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Each kit has several toys kids can mouth and grasp that are intended to help foster development.
—Taryn Mohrman, wsj.com, 8 Dec. 2023
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Noun
In this instance, taping your mouth shut to deal with it could put you at risk of suffocating.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 14 Mar. 2025
Less than 15 miles from Rome, Ostia Antica was once a bustling cosmopolitan seaport at the mouth of the Tiber River, where many Mediterranean cultures mingled.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
Also present was Dmitri Shostakovich, who had come to New York at Stalin’s behest, in order to mouth propaganda at the Cultural and Scientific Conference for World Peace.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
Each kit has several toys kids can mouth and grasp that are intended to help foster development.
—Taryn Mohrman, wsj.com, 8 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouth
Noun
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Those could also prove useful, but will face the challenge of distinguishing facial expressions unique to pain rather than similar grimaces related to being hungry.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 May 2017
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In the movie, the monkey is a two-foot-tall sculpted plastic model whose arms bang up and down on a drum, as his mouth opens up to bare its teeth in a violent grimace.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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There was a leanness to the boy’s cheeks, with skeletal hollows visible beneath his collarbones, but his face and hands were clean and his cap appeared to be new.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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The team uncovered the remains—an upper jawbone and a partial cheek bone—while excavating a cave in northern Spain in 2022.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
14 Mar. 2025
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Khalil, who acted as a spokesperson for Columbia protesters, hasn't been charged with a crime.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Mar. 2025
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The spokesperson declined to provide Vortic’s valuation and said that Nixon is not on the company’s board.—
Angelica Villa,
ARTnews.com,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Ally and Jay are both sarcastic, too — their best lines are muttered under their breaths — and their repartee becomes more interesting than the bloody theatrics.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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But unlike France — which has both Napoleonic history and darkly muttering existentialists wandering the streets of Paris to remind everyone just how bad things can get — we Americans have no natural immunity.—
Pat Beall,
Orlando Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2025
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Well, she's got a mark on her face … Chris Prichard was arrested and charged with domestic assault.—
Jonathan Vigliotti,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2025
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As soon as the celebrations started, City players headed down the tunnel, disappointment etched on their faces.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
16 Mar. 2025
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Dave comes off like a human scowl, and requires little of Liu besides completely tamping down any sense of natural charisma the Shang-Chi star has.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
28 Feb. 2025
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What Aimee Lou Wood conveys with an energetic smile and exclamation, Walton Goggins portrays with a scowl and an expletive.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The level of disrespect and dishonesty has left me feeling there would be no way to ever trust or feel emotionally safe around my sister.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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This isn’t to say Kate’s disrespect to her husband was appropriate.—
R. Eric Thomas,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
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Seminole County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Bob Kealing said to the agency’s knowledge, this is the first arrest under the camping ban in Seminole County.—
Abe Aboraya,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2025
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As of Friday, neither Mercado nor the department had been in contact with the Detectives Endowment Association about the video, a union spokesman said.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouth. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.
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