mouthing
verb
Meaning
- To speak; to utter.
- To make the actions of speech, without producing sound.
- To utter with a voice that is overly loud or swelling.
- To pick up or handle with the lips or mouth, but not chew or swallow.
- To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour.
- To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear licks her cub.
- The act of forming a shape with the mouth, especially as part of sign language.
- Ranting; passionate speech devoid of meaning.
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