mouth-to-mouth
adjective
designating a method of artificial respiration involving blowing air rhythmically into the mouth of a person who has stopped breathing, to stimulate return of spontaneous breathing
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Contemporary Examples of mouth-to-mouth
To do the running, jumping, scuba diving, and to cap it all off with a mouth-to-mouth kiss with Harmon.
This will not be forgotten in the mouth-to-mouth combat of the primaries–and neither will his Medicaid decision.
Historical Examples of mouth-to-mouth
The mouth-to-mouth method is recommended as a good one to master.
Electricity for the 4-H ScientistEric B. Wilson
Get to know the six steps that are outlined for mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing.
Electricity for the 4-H ScientistEric B. Wilson
In mouth-to-mouth breathing, an adult's lungs should be filled 12 times per minute and a child's 20.
Electricity for the 4-H ScientistEric B. Wilson
It is so ingrained in the race-consciousness by mouth-to-mouth utterance that it seems the profoundest of truths.
Jennie GerhardtTheodore Dreiser