run the mouth

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

the opening through which an animal or human takes in food.

the cavity containing the structures used in mastication.

the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.

the masticating and tasting apparatus.

a person or animal dependent on someone for sustenance: another mouth to feed.

the oral opening or cavity considered as the source of vocal utterance.

utterance or expression: to give mouth to one's thoughts.

talk, especially loud, empty, or boastful talk: That man is all mouth.

disrespectful talk or language; back talk; impudence.

a grimace made with the lips.

an opening leading out of or into any cavity or hollow place or thing: the mouth of a cave; a bottle's mouth.

10.

the outfall at the lower end of a river or stream, where flowing water is discharged, as into a lake, sea, or ocean: the mouth of the Nile.

11.

the opening between the jaws of a vise or the like.

12.

the lateral hole of an organ pipe.

13.

the lateral blowhole of a flute.

verb (used with object)

14.

to utter in a sonorous or pompous manner, or with excessive mouth movements: to mouth a speech.

15.

to form (a word, sound, etc.) with the lips without actually making an utterance: She silently mouthed her answer so as not to wake her napping child.

16.

to utter or pronounce softly and indistinctly; mumble: Stop mouthing your words and speak up.

17.

to put or take into the mouth, as food.

18.

to press, rub, or chew at with the mouth or lips: The dog mouthed the toys.

19.

to accustom (a horse) to the use of the bit and bridle.

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verb (used without object)

20.

to speak sonorously and oratorically, or with excessive mouth movement.

21.

to grimace with the lips.

Verb phrases

22.

mouth off, Slang.

to talk back; sass: He mouthed off to his mother.

to express one's opinions, objections, or the like in a forceful or uninhibited manner, especially in public.

Idioms

23.

down in/at the mouth, Informal. dejected; depressed; disheartened: Ever since he lost his job, he has been looking very down in the mouth.

24.

run off at the mouth, Informal. to talk incessantly or indiscreetly.

25.

talk out of both sides of one's mouth, to make contradictory or untruthful statements.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English; Old English mūth; cognate with German Mund, Old Norse munnr

Related forms

mouth·er, noun

mouth·less, adjective

out·mouth, verb (used with object)

Synonyms
5. voice, speech.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

mouth

—n , pl mouths
1.	the opening through which many animals take in food and issue vocal sounds
2.	the system of organs surrounding this opening, including the lips, tongue, teeth, etc
3.	the visible part of the lips on the faceRelated: oral, oscular
4.	a person regarded as a consumer of food: four mouths to feed
5.	verbal expression (esp in the phrase give mouth to)
6.	a particular manner of speaking: a foul mouth
7.	informal boastful, rude, or excessive talk: he is all mouth
8.	the point where a river issues into a sea or lake
9.	the opening of a container, such as a jar
10.	the opening of or place leading into a cave, tunnel, volcano, etc
11.	that part of the inner lip of a horse on which the bit acts, esp when specified as to sensitivity: a hard mouth
12.	music the narrow slit in an organ pipe
13.	the opening between the jaws of a vice or other gripping device
14.	a pout; grimace
15.	by word of mouth orally rather than by written means
16.	down in the mouth, down at the mouth in low spirits
17.	informal have a big mouth, open one's big mouth to speak indiscreetly, loudly, or excessively
18.	keep one's mouth shut to keep a secret
19.	put one's money where one's mouth is to take appropriate action to support what one has said
20.	put words into someone's mouth
	a. to represent, often inaccurately, what someone has said
	b. to tell someone what to say
21.	informal run off at the mouth to talk incessantly, esp about unimportant matters

—vb (usually foll by at)
22.	to speak or say (something) insincerely, esp in public
23.	(tr) to form (words) with movements of the lips but without speaking
24.	(tr) to accustom (a horse) to wearing a bit
25.	(tr) to take (something) into the mouth or to move (something) around inside the mouth
26.	to make a grimace

Related: oral, oscular

[Old English mūth; compare Old Norse muthr, Gothic munths, Dutch mond]

mouther

—n

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

mouth

O.E. muþ, from P.Gmc. *munthaz (cf. O.Fris. muth, O.N. munnr, M.Du. mont, Ger. Mund, Goth. munþs "mouth"), with characteristic loss of nasal consonant in O.E. (cf. tooth, goose, etc.), from PIE *mnto-s (cf. L. mentum "chin"). In the sense of "outfall of a river" it is attested from early

12c.; as the opening of anything with capacity (a bottle, cave, etc.) it is recorded from c.1200. The verb is c.1300, "to speak," from the noun.

American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

mouth (mouth)
n. pl. mouths (mou&phonth;z)

The body opening through which an animal takes in food.
The oral cavity.
The opening to any cavity or canal in an organ or a bodily part.

Slang Dictionary

mouth(piece) definition

n.
a lawyer specializing in criminal cases. (Underworld.) : I won't answer anything without my mouth right here by me.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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"On the thirty-first day of March, one hundred and forty-two years before this, probably about this time in the afternoon, there were hurriedly paddling down this part of the river, between the pine woods which then fringed these banks, two white women and a boy, who had left an island at the mouth of the Contoocook before daybreak. They were lightly clad for the season, in the English fashion, and handled their paddles unskillfully, but with nervous energy and determination, and at the bottom of their canoe lay the still bleeding scalps of ten of the aborigines. They were Hannah Dustan, and her nurse, Mary Neff,... and an English boy, named Samuel Lennardson, escaping from captivity among the Indians. On the 15th of March previous, Hannah Dustan had been compelled to rise from childbed, and half dressed, with one foot bare, accompanied by her nurse, commence an uncertain march, in still inclement weather, through the snow and the wilderness. She had seen her seven elder children flee with their father, but knew not of their fate. She had seen her infant's brains dashed out against an apple tree, and had left her own and her neighbors' dwellings in ashes. When she reached the wigwam of her captor, situated on an island in the Merrimack, more than twenty miles above where we now are, she had been told that she and her nurse were soon to be taken to a distant Indian settlement, and there made to run the gauntlet naked.... Having determined to attempt her escape, she instructed the boy to inquire of one of the men, how he should dispatch an enemy in the quickest manner, and take his scalp. "Strike 'em there," said he, placing his finger on his temple, and he also showed him how to take off the scalp. On the morning of the 31st she arose before daybreak, and awoke her nurse and the boy, and taking the Indians' tomahawks, they killed them all in their sleep, excepting one favorite boy, and one squaw who fled wounded with him to the woods. The English boy struck the Indian who had given him the information, on the temple, as he had been directed. They then collected all the provision they could find, and took their master's tomahawk and gun, and scuttling all the canoes but one, commenced their flight to Haverhill, distant about sixty miles by the river. But after having proceeded a short distance, fearing that her story would not be believed if she should escape to tell it, they returned to the silent wigwam, and taking off the scalps of the dead, put them into a bag as proofs of what they had done, and then, retracing their steps to the shore in the twilight, recommenced their voyage."

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