'Mouthing' definitions:
Definition of 'Mouthing'
From: GCIDE
- Mouth \Mouth\ (mou[th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mouthed (mou[th]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Mouthing.]
- 1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner; as, mouthing platitudes. "Mouthing big phrases." --Hare. [1913 Webster]
- Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To make mouths at. [R.] --R. Blair. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mouthing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- cant,
- drone,
- droning,
- empty gesture,
- face,
- false piety,
- gabble,
- gibber,
- gibbering,
- grimace,
- hypocrisy,
- hypocriticalness,
- jabber,
- jibber,
- lip service,
- maundering,
- mealymouthedness,
- moue,
- mouth,
- mow,
- mug,
- mumble,
- mumbling,
- mummery,
- murmuring,
- mutter,
- muttering,
- oiliness,
- ostentatious devotion,
- Pecksniffery,
- pharisaism,
- religiosity,
- sanctimoniousness,
- sanctimony,
- snuffling,
- soft soap,
- susurration,
- sweet talk,
- Tartuffery,
- Tartuffism,
- tokenism,
- unctuousness,
- whisper,
- whispering
Words containing 'Mouthing'
- Down at the mouth,
- Down in the mouth,
- Mouth,
- Mouthed,
- Mouthful,
- Mouthfuls,
- 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