And I just saw him as I was leaving and gave him the thumbs-up and he mouthed, “Thank you,” and that was it.
“Kerry,” mouthed the photographer, as a line of security guards formed a pathway under the smaller entryway.
At one point he turned to his lawyer at the defense table and mouthed the words “This is crazy ...”
When the couple were finally face to face, William mouthed, "You look beautiful," and a billion hearts melted around the globe.
The audience of hipster Hollywood, hoodies at full mast, mouthed the words along.
He mouthed his words with unmistakable relish, and relapsed into silence.
That is one of the gems of the old humbug's speech, and I mouthed it as it was made to be mouthed.
And I strained at my bonds; mouthed the gag with futile, frenzied effort.
Amazement swept Alan's face; he twisted, mouthed at his gag.
She was in simple earnest when she mouthed her lines about money, money.
Old English muþ "mouth, opening, door, gate," from Proto-Germanic *munthaz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian muth, Old Norse munnr, Danish mund, Middle Dutch mont, Dutch mond, Old High German mund, German Mund, Gothic munþs "mouth"), with characteristic loss of nasal consonant in Old English (cf. tooth, goose, etc.), from PIE *mnto-s (cf. Latin mentum "chin"). In the sense of "outfall of a river" it is attested from late Old English; as the opening of anything with capacity (a bottle, cave, etc.) it is recorded from c.1200. Mouth-organ attested from 1660s.
c.1300, "to speak," from mouth (n.). Related: Mouthed; mouthing. Old English had muðettan "to blab."
mouth (mouth)
n. pl. mouths (mouðz)
The body opening through which an animal takes in food.
The oral cavity.
The opening to any cavity or canal in an organ or a bodily part.
noun
Impudence; backtalk; sass: I've had about enough of your mouth (1926+)
verb
: They jounced and mouthed each other
Related Terms
bad-mouth, bigmouth, blow off one's mouth, cotton mouth, foot-in-mouth disease, foulmouth, foulmouthed, from the horse's mouth,loudmouth,motor-mouth,mushmouth, poor-mouth, ratchet-mouth, run off at the mouth, shoot off one's mouth, smartmouth, watch one's mouth, zip one's lip
