mouthful

noun

/ˈmaʊθfʊl/

Etymology

From Middle English mouthful, mouth-full, mouthe full, from Old English *mūþfull, from Proto-West Germanic *munþafull, equivalent to mouth + -ful. Compare Dutch mondvol (“mouthful”), German Mundvoll (“mouthful”), Danish mundfuld (“mouthful”), Swedish munfull (“mouthful”), Icelandic munnfylli (“mouthful”). Compare also West Frisian mûlfol (“mouthful”).

inherited from *munþafull✻
inherited from *mūþfull✻
inherited from mouthful

Definitions

1
The amount that will fit in a mouth.
- He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.
Quite a bit.
3
Something difficult to pronounce or say.
- “She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say.
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1. 4
  A tirade of abusive language.
  - to give someone a mouthful
2. 5
  Bombastic or awkward.
  - Once this happens to be the result, there is little reason for waxing over such mouthful phrases as 'grass-roots democracy', 'democratic decentralization' or 'panchayati raj'.
  - Angley then drifts into his hourful, mouthful extempore, accentuated with refrains of "cast the demon away with the power of the Lord."

The neighborhood

synonymbelt
synonymchug
synonymdraft
synonymdraught
synonymdrink
synonymgulp
synonymmouthful
synonymnip
synonymshot
synonymsip
synonymslug
synonymswig
antonymbootful
antonymbucketful
antonymcupful
antonymgallon
neighbormodicum
neighborvolume

Derived

mouthful of marbles, you said a mouthful

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA