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mouthful
[ mouth-fool ]
mouthful
/ ˈmaʊθˌfʊl /
noun
- as much as is held in the mouth at one time
- a small quantity, as of food
- a long word or phrase that is difficult to say
- informal.an abusive response
- informal.an impressive remark (esp in the phrase say a mouthful )
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Example Sentences
He took a final mouthful of orange soda and glanced back at his girlfriend, Hutchins.
It was 4:30 in the morning, I had a mouthful of blood and raw chicken and it just—you get yourself into a very strange place.
The Swedish plane has got a mouthful of a name: the JAS 39E Gripen.
It was a mouthful of a lesson, but after learning it once, you never had to memorize it again.
Food in Calabria was pride, self-sufficiency and community all mixed together in one mouthful.
Haggard was in a state of suppressed excitement, and he couldn't eat a mouthful.
He saw a large sheath-knife, and secured that in his own belt; then he took a mouthful of wine, and went to his post.
Here was porridge enough to last a small boy a lifetime, and he could not stop to taste one mouthful!
With the disappearance of the last mouthful on her plate, Tilly drew a long breath.
Young Joe tried to smile, with a slice of chicken in one hand and a spoonful of preserves in the other, and a mouthful of both.
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