Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mouth-breathe

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables: mouth-breathe
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To breathe through the mouth.

Example Sentences

"This problem may be increased if the individual mouth-breathes, which causes the secretions to dry and become thicker."
"During the 10 minutes the test subjects were mouth-breathing to encourage deeper penetration of nitrous acid in the respiratory system so as to induce a mild cooling which would increase their responsiveness to irritants."
"His advisors mouth-breathed at the side of His Obesity, who trembled with delight."

Inflected Forms

mouth-breathes (present, singular) mouth-breathing (participle, present) mouth-breathed (participle, past) mouth-breathed (past) mouthbreathe (alternative)

Phrases

mouth breather

Frequently Paired Words

mouth breather mouthbreathing

Questions

What does mouth-breathe mean?: To breathe through the mouth.

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