mouthing
31platitude — n. 1) to mouth, utter a platitude (he s always mouthing platitudes) 2) in platitudes (to speak in platitudes) * * * [ plætɪtjuːd] utter a platitude (he s always mouthing platitudes) to mouth in platitudes (to speak in platitudes) …
32mouth — mouth1 W1S2 [mauθ] n plural mouths [mauðz] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(face)¦ 2 keep your mouth shut 3 open your mouth 4 (you) watch your mouth 5¦(entrance)¦ 6¦(river)¦ 7¦(bottle/container)¦ 8 big m …
33mouth — mouth1 [ mauθ ] (plural mouths [ mauðz ] ) noun count *** 1. ) the part of your face below your nose that you use to eat and speak. The corners of your mouth are the two outside ends of it, and the inside top part of your mouth is called the roof …
34bad-mouth — [[t]bæ̱dmaʊð[/t]] bad mouths, bad mouthing, bad mouthed VERB If someone bad mouths you, they say unpleasant things about you, especially when you are not there to defend yourself. [V n] If I hear one roommate bad mouthing another, I will call her …
35bad-mouth someone — bad mouth (someone/something) to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people s opinions of them. She s always bad mouthing her colleagues. Bad mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation …
36bad-mouth something — bad mouth (someone/something) to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people s opinions of them. She s always bad mouthing her colleagues. Bad mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation …
37bad-mouth — (someone/something) to say unpleasant things about someone or something, especially in order to spoil other people s opinions of them. She s always bad mouthing her colleagues. Bad mouthing the police is hardly an original occupation …
38mouth off — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms mouth off : present tense I/you/we/they mouth off he/she/it mouths off present participle mouthing off past tense mouthed off past participle mouthed off informal to give your opinions about something in a… …
39poor-mouth — 1. tv. to speak ill of someone. (See also bad mouth.) □ Please don’t poor mouth my brother. □ There’s no need to poor mouth your clothing. 2. in. to speak repeatedly of how little money one has; to plead poverty. □ She’s got money, but she’s… …
40poor-mouth — {v.} To be constantly complaining about one s poverty; keep saying how one cannot afford the better things in life. * /Uncle Jack indulges in an awful lot of poor mouthing, but we know that he has half a million dollars stashed away in a secret… …
