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1. The opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge
   "he stuffed his mouth with candy";
   - oral cavity, oral fissure, trap [informal], cakehole [Brit, informal], hole [informal], maw [informal], yap [N. Amer, informal], gob [Brit, informal], kisser [informal]
    
2. The externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening
   "she wiped lipstick from her mouth"
    
3. An opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
   "he rode into the mouth of the canyon"; "they built a fire at the mouth of the cave"
    
4. The point where a stream issues into a larger body of water
   "New York is at the mouth of the Hudson"
    
5. A person conceived as a consumer of food
   "he has four mouths to feed"
    
6. A spokesperson (as a lawyer)
   - mouthpiece
    
7. An impudent or insolent rejoinder
   "don't give me any of your mouth";
   - sass [N. Amer, informal], sassing [N. Amer, informal], backtalk [N. Amer, informal], back talk [N. Amer, informal], lip [informal], backchat [Brit, informal]
    
8. The opening of a jar or bottle
   "the jar had a wide mouth"

1. Express in speech
   "She mouths a lot of nonsense";
   - talk, speak, utter, verbalize, verbalise [Brit]
    
2. Articulate silently; form words with the lips only
   "She mouthed a swear word"
    
3. Touch with the mouth

Derived forms: mouthed, mouths, mouthing

Type of: affect, comeback, communicate, counter, dissemble, eater, feeder, feign, formation, gap, geological formation, intercommunicate, interpreter, opening, orifice, porta, pretend, rejoinder, replication, representative, retort, return, rima, riposte, sham, spokesperson, touch, voice

Part of: bottle, face, human face, jar

Encyclopedia: Mouth