mouths (off)

verb

present tense third-person singular of mouth (off)
as in speaks
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen

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  1. speaks
  2. declaims
  3. talks
  4. announces
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  • Eve Babitz wrote about them, too, in a way that speaks to me now, as an adult and a creative in Los Angeles.
    — Sarah Batcha, Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • And he’s trained by Clint Parks, who has worked with numerous past SDSU players and regularly speaks highly of the program’s developmental capacity.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of speaks
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  • Woody Harrelson declaims every line, upping the relentless factor of Phil’s mania.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 May 2026
Definition of declaims
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  • Patrick, who talks regularly with Ford and Moore, agreed, saying that is not just how a governor does the job, but how a candidate wins it in the first place.
    — Steven Sloan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Below, Temple talks with Vanity Fair about returning to Ted Lasso, her punk rock upbringing, her friendship with Hannah Waddingham, and her relationship with cigarettes.
    — Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of talks
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  • Every few weeks, another headline announces that artificial intelligence has matched a doctor, beaten a doctor, or is finally ready to become one.
    — Arya Rao, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026
  • If that was not confusing enough, the calendar remains shrouded in uncertainty until only a few weeks before the first match of each campaign, when the PCB belatedly announces the fixtures.
    — Ahsan Iftikhar Nagi, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of announces
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