mouth

Other forms: mouths; mouthed; mouthing

There are many meanings of mouth, but they all relate to the hole from which you eat, speak, and breathe.

Like the mouth below your nose, other mouths are openings or have something to do with speaking. The opening at the top of a jar or bottle is its mouth. The place where a river meets the ocean is the mouth of the river. It’s called mouthing off when you give someone lip or sass. You can mouth the words to a song without singing them. A mouth (or mouthpiece) is someone who speaks for other people, like a lawyer.

Definitions of mouth

1. noun

   the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
   “he stuffed his mouth with candy”

   synonyms: oral cavity, oral fissure, rima oris

   types:

   cakehole, gob, hole, maw, trap, yap

   informal terms for the mouth

   type of:

   rima

   a narrow elongated opening or fissure between two symmetrical parts
2. noun

   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”

   types:

   cytostome

   mouth of a protozoan

   beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker

   horny projecting mouth of a bird

   beak

   beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles)

   cere

   the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds

   type of:

   opening, orifice, porta

   an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity
3. noun

   a person conceived as a consumer of food
   “he has four mouths to feed”

   type of:

   eater, feeder

   someone who consumes food for nourishment
4. verb

   touch with the mouth
   type of:

   touch

   make physical contact with, come in contact with
5. noun

   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”

   type of:

   gap, opening

   an open or empty space in or between things
6. noun

   the opening of a jar or bottle
   “the jar had a wide mouth”

   type of:

   opening

   a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
7. noun

   the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
   “New York is at the mouth of the Hudson”

   type of:

   formation, geological formation

   (geology) the geological features of the earth
8. verb

   express in speech
   synonyms: speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize

   verbalise, verbalize

   be verbose

   types:

   read

   look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

   phonate, vocalise, vocalize

   utter speech sounds

   troll

   speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice

   begin

   begin to speak or say

   lip off, shoot one's mouth off

   speak spontaneously and without restraint

   shout

   utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking)

   whisper

   speak softly; in a low voice

   peep

   speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice

   speak up

   speak louder; raise one's voice

   snap, snarl

   utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone

   enthuse

   utter with enthusiasm

   speak in tongues

   speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy

   swallow

   utter indistinctly

   verbalise, verbalize

   be verbose

   whiff

   utter with a puff of air

   talk about, talk of

   discuss or mention

   blubber, blubber out

   utter while crying

   drone, drone on

   talk in a monotonous voice

   bumble, falter, stammer, stutter

   speak haltingly

   rasp

   utter in a grating voice

   blunder, blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate

   utter impulsively

   inflect, modulate, tone

   vary the pitch of one's speech

   deliver, present

   deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

   generalise, generalize

   speak or write in generalities

   blab, blabber, chatter, clack, gabble, gibber, maunder, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, yammer

   speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

   chatter

   make noise as if chattering away

   jaw, rattle on, yack, yack away, yap away

   talk incessantly and tiresomely

   open up

   talk freely and without inhibition

   snivel, whine

   talk in a tearful manner

   murmur

   speak softly or indistinctly

   maunder, mumble, mussitate, mutter

   talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice

   slur

   utter indistinctly

   bark

   speak in an unfriendly tone

   bay

   utter in deep prolonged tones

   jabber, mouth off, rabbit on, rant, rave, spout

   talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner

   hiss, sibilate, siss, sizz

   express or utter with a hiss

   cackle

   talk or utter in a cackling manner

   babble

   utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way

   chant, intone, tone

   utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

   gulp

   utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly

   sing

   produce tones with the voice

   deadpan

   speak in a deliberately impassive or serious manner

   numerate

   read out loud as words written numbers

   dictate

   say out loud for the purpose of recording

   discuss, hash out, talk over

   speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion

   blaspheme

   speak of in an irreverent or impious manner

   coo

   speak softly or lovingly

   scream, yell

   utter or declare in a very loud voice

   holler, holler out

   shout out

   roar, thunder

   utter words loudly and forcefully

   rhapsodise, rhapsodize

   say (something) with great enthusiasm

   orate, speechify

   make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality

   babble, blather, blether, blither, smatter

   talk foolishly

   susurrate

   issue soft noises

   bawl, bellow

   shout loudly and without restraint

   place

   sing a note with the correct pitch

   troll

   sing loudly and without inhibition

   croon

   sing softly

   cantillate, chant, intonate, intone

   recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm

   descant, warble, yodel

   sing by changing register; sing by yodeling

   quaver, trill, warble

   sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

   treble

   sing treble

   hum

   sing with closed lips

   call

   read aloud to check for omissions or absentees

   belt, belt out

   sing loudly and forcefully

   descant on

   sing a descant on a main tune or melody

   vocalise, vocalize

   sing (each note a scale or in a melody) with the same vowel

   harmonise, harmonize

   sing or play in harmony

   descant

   sing in descant

   sing along

   sing with a choir or an orchestra

   psalm

   sing or celebrate in psalms

   minstrel

   celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

   solmizate

   sing using syllables like `do', `re' and `mi' to represent the tones of the scale

   chirp, tweedle

   sing in modulation

   choir, chorus

   sing in a choir

   sing

   deliver by singing

   type of:

   communicate, intercommunicate

   transmit thoughts or feelings
9. verb

   articulate silently; form words with the lips only
   “She mouthed a swear word”

   types:

   lip-sync, lip-synch

   move the lips in synchronization (with recorded speech or song)

   type of:

   affect, dissemble, feign, pretend, sham

   make believe with the intent to deceive
10. noun

    an impudent or insolent rejoinder
    synonyms: back talk, backtalk, lip, sass, sassing

    type of:

    comeback, counter, rejoinder, replication, retort, return, riposte

    a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
11. noun

    a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
    synonyms: mouthpiece

    type of:

    interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice

    an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose