mouthful
/ˈmaʊθfʊl
/ /ˈmaʊθf(ə)l/noun (plural mouthfuls)
1A quantity of food or drink that fills or can be put in the mouth: he took a mouthful of beer...
- 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.
- He put the groceries away, drank a mouthful of whiskey, and fell into a dead sleep that would last nearly fifteen hours.
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...
- St Nicholas Fields Conservation Group is a bit of a mouthful, and becomes the Friends of St Nicholas Fields.
- It's a nice, short word Tory, unlike Conservative, which is a bit of a mouthful.
- Her name is a bit of a mouthful too, so everyone calls her Jen, and she's thirteen.
Synonyms
tongue-twister, long word, difficult word
Phrases
give someone a mouthful
say a mouthful
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