Mouthful
noun
The amount of food or drink that a person can hold in their mouth.
He took a big mouthful of his drink.
Often appears as...
- take a mouthful
- chew a mouthful
noun
A word or phrase that is long or hard to pronounce.
The scientific name for the species is a real mouthful
Often appears as...
- name is a mouthful
- term is a mouthful
noun
A lot of information or facts.
I gave him a mouthful about the poor customer service
Often appears as...
- give someone a mouthful
- receive a mouthful
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A strong, often angry statement to someone.
She got a mouthful from her boss for being late
Often appears as...
- give someone a mouthful
- take a mouthful
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
The amount of food or drink that a person can hold in their mouth.
He took a big mouthful of his drink.
Often appears as...
- take a mouthful
- chew a mouthful
noun
A word or phrase that is long or hard to pronounce.
The scientific name for the species is a real mouthful
Often appears as...
- name is a mouthful
- term is a mouthful
noun
A lot of information or facts.
I gave him a mouthful about the poor customer service
Often appears as...
- give someone a mouthful
- receive a mouthful
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A strong, often angry statement to someone.
She got a mouthful from her boss for being late
Often appears as...
- give someone a mouthful
- take a mouthful
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Eating and Drinking
Used when describing how much one can put in their mouth at once, often when eating or drinking.
She savored a mouthful of her delicately prepared pasta.
Pro Tip 2/2Measure of Quantity
Indicates a specific amount that isn't usually precise but suggests a substantial single portion.
Ben grabbed a mouthful of popcorn during the movie's climax.
Pro Tip 1/2Eating and Drinking
Used when describing how much one can put in their mouth at once, often when eating or drinking.
She savored a mouthful of her delicately prepared pasta.
Pro Tip 2/2Measure of Quantity
Indicates a specific amount that isn't usually precise but suggests a substantial single portion.
Ben grabbed a mouthful of popcorn during the movie's climax.
Pro Tip 1/2Eating and Drinking
Used when describing how much one can put in their mouth at once, often when eating or drinking.
She savored a mouthful of her delicately prepared pasta.
Pro Tip 2/2Measure of Quantity
Indicates a specific amount that isn't usually precise but suggests a substantial single portion.
Ben grabbed a mouthful of popcorn during the movie's climax.
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How giant sea creatures...
one of the most important food items in this habitat. These half-inch long shrimp-like critters are about the caloric equivalent of a heavily buttered kernel of popcorn. And they're eaten by everything from birds and fur seals that pick them up one at a time to large whales that engulf them in huge mouthfuls. So I'm going to focus in the area
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Filming A Battle Of Life...
that's exposed and it just really does sandblast you as you're crawling in it fills your ears even trying to breathe you inhale and you get a mouthful of sound and nose full of sand yeah it's horrible and the seals and the jackals they're just dealing with this pretty much every day that's what life's
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How to create a great...
and the home depot work by telling you exactly what the company does but these names can be a mouthful and are much harder to own and protect acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc
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Is war between China and...
To help us get our minds around this challenge, I'm going to introduce you to a great thinker, I'm going to present a big idea, and I'm going to pose a most consequential question. The great thinker is Thucydides. Now, I know his name is a mouthful,
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Bridges should be...
It's a bit of a mouthful. Us engineers love those kinds of words. But what you do with this -- this is really superstrong, and it's really durable, and you can get this fantastic sculptural quality. Who said concrete bridges are dull?
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Why some of us don't...
A multipotentialite is someone with many interests and creative pursuits. It's a mouthful to say. It might help if you break it up into three
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Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
when mom tells these babies it's a scary world out there so be careful she's saying a mouthful cichlid fish here in
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Welcome To The Elephant...
blowing down they churn up the mud then take a mouthful of the mineral enriched waters
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Wild Hamster Has A...
its body weight just one more mouthful oh dear
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10 TOP Natural History...
just one more mouthful oh dear
Video examples
How giant sea creatures...
one of the most important food items in this habitat. These half-inch long shrimp-like critters are about the caloric equivalent of a heavily buttered kernel of popcorn. And they're eaten by everything from birds and fur seals that pick them up one at a time to large whales that engulf them in huge mouthfuls. So I'm going to focus in the area
Video examples
Filming A Battle Of Life...
that's exposed and it just really does sandblast you as you're crawling in it fills your ears even trying to breathe you inhale and you get a mouthful of sound and nose full of sand yeah it's horrible and the seals and the jackals they're just dealing with this pretty much every day that's what life's
Video examples
How to create a great...
and the home depot work by telling you exactly what the company does but these names can be a mouthful and are much harder to own and protect acronyms like ge and bp are just shorthand versions of descriptive names some acronyms are more strategic kentucky fried chicken switched to kfc
Video examples
Is war between China and...
To help us get our minds around this challenge, I'm going to introduce you to a great thinker, I'm going to present a big idea, and I'm going to pose a most consequential question. The great thinker is Thucydides. Now, I know his name is a mouthful,
Video examples
Bridges should be...
It's a bit of a mouthful. Us engineers love those kinds of words. But what you do with this -- this is really superstrong, and it's really durable, and you can get this fantastic sculptural quality. Who said concrete bridges are dull?
Video examples
Why some of us don't...
A multipotentialite is someone with many interests and creative pursuits. It's a mouthful to say. It might help if you break it up into three
Video examples
Killer Cuckoo Catfish PIPE...
when mom tells these babies it's a scary world out there so be careful she's saying a mouthful cichlid fish here in
Video examples
Welcome To The Elephant...
blowing down they churn up the mud then take a mouthful of the mineral enriched waters
Video examples
Wild Hamster Has A...
its body weight just one more mouthful oh dear
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
just one more mouthful oh dear
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Finn Balor
Irish Wrestler
When I first went to Japan, I was wrestling under my real name. The Japanese people have a great amount of difficulty with the letters f, r and l. So three out of the six letters in my first name they couldn't say. It was a bit of a mouthful for those guys.
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Paul Gascoigne
English Athlete
I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.
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David Perlmutter
American Scientist
The food we eat goes beyond its macronutrients of carbohydrates, fat and protein. It's information. It interacts with and instructs our genome with every mouthful, changing genetic expression.
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R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
I eat exactly three times a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. I sit quietly for 20 minutes without anybody disturbing me, and I chew each mouthful 60 times.
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Robert Knepper
American Actor
On 'Prison Break,' I tended to talk a lot! They gave me a lot of fun words to say. There were always these great mouthfuls of words that would fall out!
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Subhash Chandra
Indian Businessman
As for trying to feed off a mouthful of sky, it's a large mouth, hence there's nothing to worry. I wish good luck to everyone.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
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Tom Hardy
English Actor
I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.
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Gulzar
Indian Poet
A writer can be identified just through his sigh, as a mouthful of words are flooded out in his single sigh.
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Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Quote examples
Finn Balor
Irish Wrestler
When I first went to Japan, I was wrestling under my real name. The Japanese people have a great amount of difficulty with the letters f, r and l. So three out of the six letters in my first name they couldn't say. It was a bit of a mouthful for those guys.
Quote examples
Paul Gascoigne
English Athlete
I'll tell you the truth: I had a double brandy before the game but, before, it used to be four bottles of whisky. Not any more. I was fine. I had a glass of wine after the game. But it was just a mouthful.
Quote examples
David Perlmutter
American Scientist
The food we eat goes beyond its macronutrients of carbohydrates, fat and protein. It's information. It interacts with and instructs our genome with every mouthful, changing genetic expression.
Quote examples
R. Madhavan
Indian Actor
I eat exactly three times a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. I sit quietly for 20 minutes without anybody disturbing me, and I chew each mouthful 60 times.
Quote examples
Robert Knepper
American Actor
On 'Prison Break,' I tended to talk a lot! They gave me a lot of fun words to say. There were always these great mouthfuls of words that would fall out!
Quote examples
Subhash Chandra
Indian Businessman
As for trying to feed off a mouthful of sky, it's a large mouth, hence there's nothing to worry. I wish good luck to everyone.
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Tom Waits
American Musician
Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers.
Quote examples
Tom Hardy
English Actor
I'm just getting settled as a responsible man - but if you split the elephant into little mouthfuls it will be fine.
Quote examples
Gulzar
Indian Poet
A writer can be identified just through his sigh, as a mouthful of words are flooded out in his single sigh.
Quote examples
Georg C. Lichtenberg
German Scientist
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Example 1 of 10
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