mouthful+(noun)

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• mouthful — ► NOUN 1) a quantity of food or drink that fills or can be put in the mouth. 2) a long or complicated word or phrase. ● give someone a mouthful Cf. ↑give someone a mouthful …   English terms dictionary

• mouthful — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ huge, large ▪ first, last VERB + MOUTHFUL ▪ drink, eat, gulp, gulp …   Collocations dictionary

• mouthful — noun (C) 1 an amount of food or drink that you put into your mouth at one time: That was a great steak! I enjoyed every mouthful. 2 a mouthful informal a long word or phrase that is difficult to say: Her real name is a bit of a mouthful, so we… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• mouthful — noun 1) a mouthful of pizza Syn: bite, nibble, taste, bit, piece; spoonful, forkful 2) a mouthful of beer Syn: sip, swallow, drop, gulp, slug; informal swig …   Thesaurus of popular words

• mouthful of marbles — noun An indistinct, muffled or garbled manner of speaking. Anticholinergic toxicity results in a characteristic mumbling, as if the patient is trying to quickly recite a haiku with a mouthful of marbles …   Wiktionary

• mouthful — noun a) The amount that will fit in a mouth. Tony, Im the executive director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strategic Homeland Intelligence, Enforcement, and Logistics Division, explained Fury.Tony nodded. Want a tip? Fire your namer of things, because… …   Wiktionary

• mouthful — noun (plural mouthfuls) 1》 a quantity of food or drink that fills or can be put in the mouth. 2》 a long or complicated word or phrase. Phrases give someone a mouthful Brit. informal talk to someone in an angry or abusive way …   English new terms dictionary

• mouthful — noun Date: 15th century 1. a. as much as a mouth will hold b. the quantity usually taken into the mouth at one time 2. a small quantity 3. a. a very long word or phrase b. a comment or a statement rich in meaning or substance …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• mouthful */ — UK [ˈmaʊθfʊl] / US noun [countable] Word forms mouthful : singular mouthful plural mouthfuls 1) an amount of food or drink that you put in your mouth at one time 2) informal a word or phrase that is very long or hard to pronounce His full name is …   English dictionary

• mouthful — mouth|ful [ mauθful ] noun count * 1. ) an amount of food or drink that you put in your mouth at one time: The food was delicious, and I enjoyed every mouthful. 2. ) INFORMAL a word or phrase that is very long or hard to pronounce: His full name… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• mouthful — /ˈmaʊθfʊl / (say mowthfool) noun (plural mouthfuls) 1. as much as a mouth can hold. 2. as much as is taken into the mouth at one time. 3. a small quantity. 4. Colloquial something long or difficult to say: his name is quite a mouthful …