Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouth the words

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.69 in modern English

Syllables: mouth the -words
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To mouth words in the sense "to make the actions of speech, without producing sound."

verb

To speak insincerely.

Example Sentences

"Indeed, on Dick Clark's madly popular teen-age TV show the various acts never sing at all, but merely mouth the words to their own taped recordings."
"They mouth the words “democracy” and “Americanism”, but they inject in their preachments national hatred, national aggrandizement, and glorification of the fascist dictatorships."
"By proposing to eliminate Title II programs for fiscal year 1992, President Bush is sending America's colleges and universities, and those they seek to educate a most disheartening message: that he is willing to mouth the words “educational excellence,” but he is not willing to invest in the programs that can make such excellence realizable."

Inflected Forms

mouths the words (present, singular) mouthing the words (participle, present) mouthed the words (participle, past) mouthed the words (past)

Questions

What does mouth the words mean?: To mouth words in the sense "to make the actions of speech, without producing sound."

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