'Mouthpiece' definitions:
Definition of 'mouthpiece'
From: WordNet
noun
A part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the mouthpiece of a respirator"
noun
An acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
noun
A spokesperson (as a lawyer) [syn: mouthpiece, mouth]
noun
(especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth [syn: mouthpiece, gumshield]
noun
The tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
noun
The aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly [syn: mouthpiece, embouchure]
Definition of 'Mouthpiece'
From: GCIDE
- Mouthpiece \Mouth"piece`\, n.
- 1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party. [1913 Webster]
- Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance. --Motley. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence: A person's lawyer. [slang]
- Note: This is a term that was used sometimes in old movies. When a tough bad guy was arrested he might say "I ain't sayin' nothin' without my mouthpiece!" [PJC]
Synonyms of 'mouthpiece'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adviser,
- advocate,
- aerophone,
- AG,
- agent,
- amicus curiae,
- announcer,
- annunciator,
- attorney,
- attorney general,
- attorney-at-law,
- authority,
- barrister,
- barrister-at-law,
- bell,
- bit,
- call box,
- channel,
- civilian,
- coin telephone,
- communicant,
- communicator,
- connection,
- corporation lawyer,
- counsel,
- counselor,
- counselor-at-law,
- court-appointed lawyer,
- criminal lawyer,
- DA,
- defense counsel,
- delegate,
- deputy,
- desk telephone,
- dial telephone,
- district attorney,
- double reed,
- embouchure,
- enlightener,
- expert witness,
- extension,
- friend at court,
- front,
- front man,
- go-between,
- gossipmonger,
- grapevine,
- herald,
- horn,
- informant,
- information center,
- information medium,
- informer,
- interagent,
- interceder,
- intercessor,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermediate agent,
- intermediator,
- intermedium,
- internuncio,
- intervener,
- interventionist,
- interventor,
- interviewee,
- junior counsel,
- KC,
- key,
- law agent,
- lawyer,
- leader,
- legal adviser,
- legal counselor,
- legal expert,
- legal practitioner,
- legalist,
- lip,
- mediator,
- medium,
- middleman,
- monitor,
- mouth,
- negotiant,
- negotiator,
- negotiatress,
- negotiatrix,
- newsmonger,
- notifier,
- official spokesman,
- ombudsman,
- pay station,
- phone,
- pipe,
- pleader,
- press,
- private attorney,
- proctor,
- procurator,
- prolocutor,
- prolocutress,
- prolocutrix,
- prosecuting attorney,
- prosecutor,
- public prosecutor,
- public relations officer,
- public telephone,
- publicist,
- publisher,
- push-button telephone,
- QC,
- radio,
- rapporteur,
- receiver,
- reed,
- reporter,
- representative,
- sea lawyer,
- self-styled lawyer,
- shyster,
- silk,
- silk gown,
- slide,
- solicitor,
- solicitor general,
- source,
- speaker,
- special pleader,
- spokesman,
- spokesperson,
- spokeswoman,
- SSC,
- stuff gown,
- stuff-gownsman,
- telephone,
- telephone booth,
- telephone engineering,
- telephone extension,
- telephone mechanics,
- telephone receiver,
- telephonics,
- telephony,
- television,
- teller,
- tipster,
- tooter,
- tout,
- transmitter,
- US attorney,
- valve,
- voice,
- wall telephone,
- wind,
- wind instrument,
- witness