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[ mouth-fool ] / ˈmaʊθˌfʊl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mouthful ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural mouth·fuls.the amount a mouth can hold. the amount taken into the mouth at one time. a small quantity. Informal. a spoken remark of great truth, relevance, effectiveness, etc.: You said a mouthful! a long word or group of words, especially one that is hard to pronounce. Origin of mouthful1375–1425; late Middle English. See mouth, -ful usage note for mouthfulSee -ful. Words nearby mouthfulmouth, mouthbreeder, mouthbrooder, mouthed, mouthfeel, mouthful, mouth harp, mouthing, mouth off, mouth organ, mouthpart Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mouthfulIt 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 Walking Dead’ Star Andrew Lincoln on the Terminus Cannibals Theory & Season Finale|Melissa Leon|March 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST The Swedish plane has got a mouthful of a name: the JAS 39E Gripen. The Planet’s Best Stealth Fighter Isn’t Made in America|Bill Sweetman|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was a mouthful of a lesson, but after learning it once, you never had to memorize it again. China’s Schools Teaches Kids to Take Tests, Obey the State, and Not Much More|Junheng Li|November 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST Food in Calabria was pride, self-sufficiency and community all mixed together in one mouthful. A Young Chef Travels to Calabria, Italy, and Learns the Old Ways of Cooking|Curtis Stone|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
But also somebody who could handle a mouthful of exposition and make the words understandable and compelling. Homeland’s Tracy Letts, Writer of ‘August: Osage County,’ Says Oscar Mania Is Frustrating|Jason Lynch|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST Just a mouthful of bread, and even that I do not get a chance to eat! The Memoirs of Victor Hugo|Victor Hugo Thus she was conducted almost without a mouthful of food to the frontier of France. A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times|Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot He was at least sixteen feet in length, and would have made but a mouthful of poor me. Perseverance Island|Douglas Frazar But our big double-ended thirty-footer was more of a mouthful. Down the Columbia|Lewis R. Freeman We waited an hour, and gave him a mouthful of water and a handful of hay from his own pack-saddle. From Pole to Pole|Sven Anders Hedin
British Dictionary definitions for mouthful
noun plural -fulsas 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 British informal an abusive response informal, mainly US and Canadian an impressive remark (esp in the phrase say a mouthful) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with mouthfulThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to mouthfultaste, gulp, bite, piece, morsel |