mouth (off)

verb

ˈmau̇t͟h How to pronounce mouth (off) (audio)
Definition of mouth (off)next
as in to speak
to talk as if giving an important and formal speech some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouth (off)
  1. speak
  2. talk
  3. discourse
  4. orate
  5. declaim
  6. announce
Verb
  • On Wednesday afternoon, ABC News first reported that Trump spoke with conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito one day before the president-elect asked the court for the immediate stay.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
  • On Tuesday, the day before his attorneys filed their emergency appeal in the high court, Trump arranged to speak with Alito about one of his former clerks.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of speak
Verb
  • Foligno understands players can talk to the NHLPA and league about stiffer penalties.
    Michael Russo, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Like, a walking, talking, human-size chimp, portrayed and voiced by a combination of a motion-capture actor (Jonnie Davies), a musician (Adam Tucker), and Williams himself.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of talk
Verb
  • And, of course, discourse about the current state of democracy certainly isn’t unique to Korea.
    Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
  • But by Obama’s second term in office, discourse about the importance of representation in media had intensified, and the show came under fire in 2013 for not featuring a Black woman cast member in five years.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Definition of discourse
Verb
  • Sheridan has an affinity for writing characters who have lots of big things to say about the world around them and their place in it; Yellowstone features hours of John Dutton solemnly orating on the subject of Montana, the ranching way of life, and the threat posed by outside interlopers.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Is there a historical context where the struggle has been orated by other groups?
    J.M. Banks, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2024
Definition of orate
Verb
  • The Koreans have a lesson to share with those whose intellectuals, driven by identity and the metaphysics of difference, declaim ownership of the Enlightenment and its legacy.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Oliveira films on location, with the actors in costume, declaiming in boldly theatrical tones that seem wrenched whole from the era of the play’s origins.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of declaim
Verb
  • In an August statement announcing that the plan would begin as early as spring, the wildlife agency said barred owls are native to eastern North America and moved westward in the 20th century.
    Adrian Rodriguez, Hartford Courant, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the equivalent of three full-time fire department positions — likely non-firefighter staff members — are slated to be among 91 or so layoffs expected to soon be announced.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of announce
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mouthing (off)

mouth (off)

mouthpiece

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“Mouth (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mouth%20%28off%29. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.

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