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Definition of mouthful in English: mouthfulnounPlural mouthfuls ˈmaʊθfʊlˈmaʊθf(ə)lˈmaʊθˌfʊl 1A quantity of food or drink that fills or can be put in the mouth. he took a mouthful of beer Example sentencesExamples - Elissa plonked her books on a space beside her and took a mouthful of rice.
- Rocky smiled with a mouthful of food and gave a thumbs up, oblivious to his mother, who was frowning across the table.
- I highly recommend against sneezing when you have a mouthful of chocolate.
- It's not going to be funny when someone who can't have nut products gets a mouthful of the wrong food and goes into shock.
- Then he took a mouthful of his drink and then put the glass in my face.
- Pete shortly reappeared with a grin and a mouthful of freshly cooked sausage.
- Adam swallowed a mouthful of stew before responding and I bit my lip not to laugh.
- Ideally, no matter how small a journalists' salary, he should not sell his integrity for a mouthful of rice.
- There was a twinge of regret inside of her, but she quickly chewed on a mouthful of salad to take her mind off of things.
- A mouthful of peanuts with some salt and vinegar crisps, that works just fine.
- Anna dipped her spoon into the bowl and took a mouthful of soup.
- She spooned out a mouthful of the fruit and cream extending her arm towards him.
- Yes, in the moment of passion and with a mouthful of Chinese food you said you'd be my shield and sword.
- During the second I was under I swallowed a mouthful of salt water and got plenty in my eyes.
- He put the groceries away, drank a mouthful of whiskey, and fell into a dead sleep that would last nearly fifteen hours.
- He sat back up and pointed to the sandwich as he took a mouthful of apple.
- Korina swallowed a mouthful of food and looked over at Cat as she sat down on the couch next to Matthew.
- Mario introduces Lina to Italian food and soon she is filling up on mouthfuls of pasta and Parmesan.
- The coffee he would accept, but though he tried, he could not swallow a mouthful of food.
- As I came to the end of it I burst into tears, without warning, in the middle of a mouthful of grilled cheese sandwich.
Synonyms bite, nibble, taste, bit, piece spoonful, forkful, morsel, sample draught, sip, swallow, sup, drop, pull, gulp informal swig, slug, swill 2A long or complicated word or phrase that is difficult to say. poliomyelitis is a bit of a mouthful Example sentencesExamples - Lengthy mouthfuls of Latin can be off-putting and difficult to remember for many.
- Maybe it was just a mouthful to say, but that was definitely what she would be saying.
- It was just that no one was willing to replace a pithy phrase with either an ugly acronym or a yawn-inducing mouthful.
- It's a nice, short word Tory, unlike Conservative, which is a bit of a mouthful.
- Liitoja was definitely on the cranky side a few years ago when he came up with the title's fatalistic mouthful of words.
- I'm not going to even pretend to understand in any detail how this mouthful of an acronym really works.
- Her name is a bit of a mouthful too, so everyone calls her Jen, and she's thirteen.
- In so doing, these writers further increase the girth of their text, pump up the load on their servers, and ensure that the race against mouthfuls of extraneous words will continue until they run out of time.
- The title is a bit of a mouthful but don't let that put you off.
- St Nicholas Fields Conservation Group is a bit of a mouthful, and becomes the Friends of St Nicholas Fields.
Synonyms tongue-twister, long word, difficult word
Phrases informal Talk to or shout at someone in an angry or critical way. she gave him a mouthful—I'd never heard her speak like this before Example sentencesExamples - She said: ‘Some of them apologise and move on, but others just give you a mouthful.’
- ‘But I did have one woman recently give me a mouthful of abuse telling me I was being cruel to the dog,’ Mrs Bloomfield said.
- I finally get so tired of hearing my name yelled that I stop… fully intending to give him a mouthful.
- They'd pass their phone to me and Strawhorn would give me a mouthful.
- If anyone in her neighbourhood dared to question what I was doing there, or why I took photographs, she gave them a mouthful.
- Bejaysus but if Libby didn't blow up again and gave her a mouthful of abuse for bein' such an interferin' busybody.
- The driver then proceeded to give me a mouthful about how cyclists should be more careful.
- Eventually, even he couldn't stop me from standing up and giving Megson a mouthful back.
- On objecting to this I was given a mouthful of verbal abuse by youths who presumably had nothing better to do in the school holidays than make a nuisance of themselves.
- If you read my story and didn't see your name on my ‘thank you’ list, email me and give me a mouthful!
- Your average traffic cop must pull over hundreds of motorists a month, many of whom are going to give him a mouthful.
- I managed at one time to get to the telephone and ring the Philippine consul in Nicosia, who rang the owners of the taverna and gave them a mouthful.
informal Say something noteworthy. Example sentencesExamples - His vocabulary consisted of clichés he'd picked up from former care workers, many of them bizarre or unsavory to start with: ‘cooking with oil’ was one, as was ‘you said a mouthful when you said that.’
- I have to give the author of this letter to the Gleaner a warm Jamaican BIG UP, as I think he has said a mouthful here.
- He's a boy, firstly, and that's saying a mouthful.
- He said a mouthful, I thought, about the Frimley Green spectacle in general.
- It is one of Russo's stupidest ideas, and that is saying a mouthful.
- What's incontestable is that Keeler said a mouthful, a precept that's as valid as when it left his lips more than a century ago.
- And certainly he said a mouthful, none of it calculated to engender public respect of the particular judge.
- When Rahouf sat, he made a choice of conscience that directly impacted no one but sure said a mouthful.
- The eyes may be the window to your soul, but for a look into your physical health, open wide: Your teeth and gums say a mouthful.
- ‘That's saying a mouthful,’ I muttered, glaring at Kyle.
Definition of mouthful in US English: mouthfulnounˈmouTHˌfo͝olˈmaʊθˌfʊl 1A quantity of food or drink that fills or can be put in the mouth. he took a mouthful of beer savor the flavor of each mouthful Example sentencesExamples - Rocky smiled with a mouthful of food and gave a thumbs up, oblivious to his mother, who was frowning across the table.
- Ideally, no matter how small a journalists' salary, he should not sell his integrity for a mouthful of rice.
- Korina swallowed a mouthful of food and looked over at Cat as she sat down on the couch next to Matthew.
- Yes, in the moment of passion and with a mouthful of Chinese food you said you'd be my shield and sword.
- Elissa plonked her books on a space beside her and took a mouthful of rice.
- As I came to the end of it I burst into tears, without warning, in the middle of a mouthful of grilled cheese sandwich.
- He sat back up and pointed to the sandwich as he took a mouthful of apple.
- She spooned out a mouthful of the fruit and cream extending her arm towards him.
- Anna dipped her spoon into the bowl and took a mouthful of soup.
- Pete shortly reappeared with a grin and a mouthful of freshly cooked sausage.
- The coffee he would accept, but though he tried, he could not swallow a mouthful of food.
- Then he took a mouthful of his drink and then put the glass in my face.
- It's not going to be funny when someone who can't have nut products gets a mouthful of the wrong food and goes into shock.
- Adam swallowed a mouthful of stew before responding and I bit my lip not to laugh.
- During the second I was under I swallowed a mouthful of salt water and got plenty in my eyes.
- He put the groceries away, drank a mouthful of whiskey, and fell into a dead sleep that would last nearly fifteen hours.
- Mario introduces Lina to Italian food and soon she is filling up on mouthfuls of pasta and Parmesan.
- I highly recommend against sneezing when you have a mouthful of chocolate.
- There was a twinge of regret inside of her, but she quickly chewed on a mouthful of salad to take her mind off of things.
- A mouthful of peanuts with some salt and vinegar crisps, that works just fine.
Synonyms bite, nibble, taste, bit, piece draught, sip, swallow, sup, drop, pull, gulp 2A long or complicated word or phrase that is difficult to say. “Galinsoga” was too much of a mouthful for most nonbotanists Example sentencesExamples - The title is a bit of a mouthful but don't let that put you off.
- I'm not going to even pretend to understand in any detail how this mouthful of an acronym really works.
- Her name is a bit of a mouthful too, so everyone calls her Jen, and she's thirteen.
- It's a nice, short word Tory, unlike Conservative, which is a bit of a mouthful.
- St Nicholas Fields Conservation Group is a bit of a mouthful, and becomes the Friends of St Nicholas Fields.
- In so doing, these writers further increase the girth of their text, pump up the load on their servers, and ensure that the race against mouthfuls of extraneous words will continue until they run out of time.
- Lengthy mouthfuls of Latin can be off-putting and difficult to remember for many.
- It was just that no one was willing to replace a pithy phrase with either an ugly acronym or a yawn-inducing mouthful.
- Liitoja was definitely on the cranky side a few years ago when he came up with the title's fatalistic mouthful of words.
- Maybe it was just a mouthful to say, but that was definitely what she would be saying.
Synonyms tongue-twister, long word, difficult word
Phrases informal Talk to or shout at someone in an angry, abusive, or severely critical way. Example sentencesExamples - I finally get so tired of hearing my name yelled that I stop… fully intending to give him a mouthful.
- She said: ‘Some of them apologise and move on, but others just give you a mouthful.’
- If anyone in her neighbourhood dared to question what I was doing there, or why I took photographs, she gave them a mouthful.
- I managed at one time to get to the telephone and ring the Philippine consul in Nicosia, who rang the owners of the taverna and gave them a mouthful.
- On objecting to this I was given a mouthful of verbal abuse by youths who presumably had nothing better to do in the school holidays than make a nuisance of themselves.
- Eventually, even he couldn't stop me from standing up and giving Megson a mouthful back.
- The driver then proceeded to give me a mouthful about how cyclists should be more careful.
- Your average traffic cop must pull over hundreds of motorists a month, many of whom are going to give him a mouthful.
- They'd pass their phone to me and Strawhorn would give me a mouthful.
- ‘But I did have one woman recently give me a mouthful of abuse telling me I was being cruel to the dog,’ Mrs Bloomfield said.
- Bejaysus but if Libby didn't blow up again and gave her a mouthful of abuse for bein' such an interferin' busybody.
- If you read my story and didn't see your name on my ‘thank you’ list, email me and give me a mouthful!
informal Say something noteworthy. Example sentencesExamples - He's a boy, firstly, and that's saying a mouthful.
- What's incontestable is that Keeler said a mouthful, a precept that's as valid as when it left his lips more than a century ago.
- He said a mouthful, I thought, about the Frimley Green spectacle in general.
- His vocabulary consisted of clichés he'd picked up from former care workers, many of them bizarre or unsavory to start with: ‘cooking with oil’ was one, as was ‘you said a mouthful when you said that.’
- It is one of Russo's stupidest ideas, and that is saying a mouthful.
- ‘That's saying a mouthful,’ I muttered, glaring at Kyle.
- And certainly he said a mouthful, none of it calculated to engender public respect of the particular judge.
- The eyes may be the window to your soul, but for a look into your physical health, open wide: Your teeth and gums say a mouthful.
- When Rahouf sat, he made a choice of conscience that directly impacted no one but sure said a mouthful.
- I have to give the author of this letter to the Gleaner a warm Jamaican BIG UP, as I think he has said a mouthful here.
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