mouth

n

1. orifice, oral opening or cavity, muzzle, Sl. kisser, Sl. yap, Sl. trap, Sl. bazoo, chops, jaw or jaws; jawbone, maxilla, mandible.

2. utterance, expression, ventilation, airing, voice, vocalization.

3. idle or empty talk, boasting, bragging, vaunting, braggadocio, Sl. hot air; claptrap, rodomontade, fustian, bombast.

4.Slang. impudence, insolence, impertinence, sauciness, smartness, pertness, flippancy, Inf. freshness, Sl. fresh or smart talk, back talk, Inf. sass; rudeness, incivility, discourtesy, disrespect; Inf. cheek, brashness, audacity, effrontery, boldness, forwardness, presump-tuousness.

5. grimace, face, wry face, Archaic. mow, Sl. mug, contortion; frown, scowl, glare; pout, Fr. moue; sneer, smirk, grin.

6. opening, aperture, hatch, Naut. booby hatch, trap door; door, doorway, gate, gateway, postern, portal; entrance, entry, entryway, entre'e; passage, passageway, passage in or out, way in or out; exit, outlet, vent, window, porthole, loophole.

7. mouth of a river, embouchure, estuary, outlet, outfall.

8. down in the mouth

Informal. depressed, disheartened, dejected, downcast, dispirited, daunted, low-spirited, downhearted, down, Inf. down in the dumps; discouraged, disappointed, crestfallen, broken-hearted, heartsick, Inf. broken up.

v

9. lip, murmur, read or utter softly; articulate, pronounce, enunciate, voice, sound, sound out, pho-nate; vocalize, say aloud, read or speak aloud, deliver, give, go through the motions.

10. put or take into the mouth, ingest, imbibe, eat, drink, sip, sup, lap up, suck in or up; nibble at, peck at, bite, chew on, munch on, chump on, Dial. chomp on; chew, masticate.

11. grimace, Inf. make a face, Sl. mug, mop, Archaic. mow, contort; frown, scowl, glower, glare; sneer, smirk, grin; pout, stick out one's lower lip, Fr. faire la moue.

12. mouth off

Slang. spout off, Sl. shoot or go off at the mouth, forget oneself or one's place, dare, presume, take liberties; talk back, Inf. sauce, Inf. answer back, Inf. give [s.o.] lip, Inf. sass or sass back, be insolent Sl. get smart or fresh.