- 1mouth something + speech to move your lips as if you were saying something, but without making a sound He mouthed a few obscenities at us and then moved off.
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- 2mouth something + speech (disapproving) to say something that you do not really feel, believe, or understand They're just mouthing empty slogans. Phrasal Verbsmouth off
mouth
verbNAmE//maʊð//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they mouth he / she / it mouths
past simple mouthed
-ing form mouthing
Check pronunciation: mouth