'Mouthful' definitions:
Definition of 'mouthful'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quantity that can be held in the mouth
noun
A small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it" [syn: taste, mouthful]
Definition of 'Mouthful'
From: GCIDE
- Mouthful \Mouth"ful\, n.; pl. Mouthfuls.
- 1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, a small quantity. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A statement that has a profound truth in it; as, you said a mouthful! [informal] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'mouthful'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bellyful,
- bit,
- bite,
- bolus,
- bumper,
- capacity,
- champ,
- charge,
- chaw,
- chew,
- chomp,
- chunk,
- complement,
- cram,
- crush,
- cud,
- fill,
- full house,
- full measure,
- gnash,
- gob,
- hard words,
- high-sounding words,
- hunk,
- jam up,
- jawbreaker,
- jawtwister,
- lading,
- lexiphanicism,
- load,
- long word,
- lump,
- morsel,
- munch,
- nibble,
- nip,
- pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,
- polysyllabism,
- quid,
- sesquipedalian word,
- sesquipedalianism,
- sesquipedality,
- skinful,
- snap,
- snootful,
- spoonful,
- swallow,
- technical jargon,
- two-dollar word
Words containing 'Mouthful'
- Down at the mouth,
- Down in the mouth,
- Mouth,
- Mouthed,
- Mouthfuls,
- Mouthing,
- Mouths,
- mouth off,
- By word of mouth,
- Mouth friend,
- Mouth glass,
- Mouth honor,
- Mouth organ,
- Mouth pipe,
- Plaice mouth,
- Pouch mouth,
- The mouth waters,
- To flap in the mouth,
- To have the heart in the mouth,
- To run off at the mouth,
- To stop the mouth,
- big mouth,
- canker of the mouth,
- dragon's mouth,
- dry mouth,
- foam at the mouth,
- foaming at the mouth,
- foul mouthed,
- froth at the mouth,
- frothing at the mouth,
- hand to mouth,
- mouth blowpipe,
- mouth bow,
- mouth harp,
- mouth hole,
- mouth watering,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- roof of the mouth,
- trench mouth,
- word of mouth,
- Bell-mouthed,
- Bird's-mouth,
- Black-mouthed,
- Deep-mouthed,
- Flap-mouthed,
- Foot and mouth disease,
- Foul-mouthed,
- Hard-mouthed,
- Honey-mouthed,
- Hot-mouthed,
- Loud-mouthed,
- Meal-mouthed,
- Mealy-mouthed,
- Mealy-mouthness,
- Mouth-footed,
- Mouth-made,
- Pouch-mouthed,
- To laugh out of the other corner of the mouth,
- To laugh out of the other side of the mouth,
- To live from hand to mouth,
- Tut-mouthed,
- green adder's mouth,
- hand-to-mouth,
- large-mouthed,
- loud-mouth,
- mouth-watering,
- narrow-mouthed,
- shoot one's mouth off,
- shut one's mouth,
- word-of-mouth,
- To look a gift horse in the mouth,
- To talk out of both sides of one's mouth,
- big-mouthed buffalofish,
- foot-and-mouth disease,
- hoof-and-mouth disease,
- keep one's mouth shut,
- red-mouth grunt,
- small-mouthed buffalofish,
- To put one's foot in one's mouth,
- eastern narrow-mouthed toad,
- western narrow-mouthed toad