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Definition of mouth verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mouth

verb
 
/maʊð/
 
/maʊð/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mouth
 
/maʊð/
 
/maʊð/
he / she / it mouths
 
/maʊðz/
 
/maʊðz/
past simple mouthed
 
/maʊðd/
 
/maʊðd/
past participle mouthed
 
/maʊðd/
 
/maʊðd/
-ing form mouthing
 
/ˈmaʊðɪŋ/
 
/ˈmaʊðɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. mouth 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.
  2. mouth something | + speech (disapproving) to say something that you do not really feel, believe or understand
    • They're just mouthing empty slogans.
  3. Word OriginOld English mūth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mond and German Mund, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin mentum ‘chin’.
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