mouthpiece
/ˈmaʊθˌpiːs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.12 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A mouthguard.
noun
A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
Example Sentences
- ""It's 'Soapy,' talking from somewhere down there," rapped out Nickle, covering the mouthpiece as he spoke back into the room. "Get Joolby if you can, one of you.""
- "The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views."
- "Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as a mouthpiece for police departments."
- "Xi Jinping has told the People’s Liberation Army to “focus all its energy on fighting” in preparation for war, a Chinese Communist party mouthpiece has reported."
- "Rightwing media mouthpieces and ICE get both barrels in South Park’s latest zeitgeist-capturing satire."
- "So when ex-president Dmitry Medvedev, Putin’s mouthpiece, threatens Europe with nuclear weapons, as he often does, that ultimate madness cannot be wholly ruled out."
Etymology
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Law, Music.