Synonyms for mouthful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : mouth-foo l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaʊθˌfʊl |
Définition of mouthful
Origin :- 1520s, "as much as a mouth can hold," from mouth (n.) + -ful. Meaning "a lot to say" is from 1748.
- adj portion
- Wherever the grass was greenest, there she nibbled a mouthful or two.
- Extract from : « Tanglewood Tales » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Can't you let other folks eat a mouthful before you have to have yours?
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Roland spat out a mouthful of dust and swore beneath his breath.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Well,” said Richards, with a mouthful of it, “I call it darn good.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
- I think I'll let him have a feed, and have a mouthful of bread and cheese myself.'
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- He raised the water tube to his mouth and sucked in a mouthful.
- Extract from : « Satellite System » by Horace Brown Fyfe
- This time he swallowed the mouthful, yelling as though he had swallowed fire.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- That the first mouthful may choke me that I ever ate of his paying for!
- Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
- A string of them may be deposited on the mouthful on your fork.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- "We'll run for Peel this morning, boys," said Pete, smothering his voice in a mouthful.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
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- word-of-mouth
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