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shoot off at the mouth

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
shoot of-f at the -mouth
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To boast, or brag, or talk too much.

Informal

verb

To disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

shoots off at the mouth (present, singular) shooting off at the mouth (participle, present) shot off at the mouth (participle, past) shot off at the mouth (past)

Synonyms

mouth off run off at the mouth shoot from the lip shoot one's mouth off shoot off one's mouth

Questions

What does shoot off at the mouth mean?
To boast, or brag, or talk too much.

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