Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouth breather

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables: mouth breather
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose.

noun

A person who is boorish, stupid, or otherwise unattractive.

Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"Respirations cannot be recorded by this method, if the subject is a mouth breather (as no air flows by the thermistor in the nose)."
"She's a philosophy major from Brown, now working retail at Niagara Falls, living in a trailer and working for a "mouth breather" of a boss."
"That tiny blue slice is what’s left of the Coalition (both Liberals and Nationals), squeezed between the teals and a barbarian horde of mouthbreathers, grifters and flat-out, flat-earth fucking weirdos gathered under the bright-orange war banner of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation — or, as they would officially henceforth be known, His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition."

Usage

Inflected Forms

mouth breathers (plural) mouth-breather (alternative) mouthbreather (alternative)

Phrases

mouth-breathe

Frequently Paired Words

mouth-breathe mouthbreathing

Questions

What does mouth breather mean?: A person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose.

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