Word Finder - mouthful

definition

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

example

He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.

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Quite a bit.

definition

Something difficult to pronounce or say.

example

“She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say.

synonyms

• jawbreaker

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A tirade of abusive language (especially in the term “give someone a mouthful”)

She choked down a mouthful of food.

He stared at her intently while he chewed a mouthful of food.

She swam as far from the beach as she could, expelled her breath, then drew in a mouthful of water.

Pete sprayed a mouthful of coffee with his snicker.

She lifted her canteen from the wagon and took a mouthful.

Rather, they are to be savored, mouthful by mouthful.

Frequently, the mule would lurch forward to snatch a mouthful of wild fennel.

When drawn from the heap the boy was chewing a mouthful of popcorn and both his hands were full of it.

Imagine stopping and inhibiting our usual reactions and so being present while eating mouthful by mouthful.

The last mouthful is still good, three days later.

It can improve your health in many ways, and nowadays you won't have to suffer through a mouthful of goopy oil to enjoy its benefits!

She downed a mouthful, grimacing at the burn that went down her throat and all the way to her gut.

Any other time she probably would have let him grab a mouthful to munch on his way down, but the storm was getting closer faster than she anticipated.

I had just taken a mouthful of some of the hottest chili I'd ever tasted when Keith was presented to me.

In fact, a sip tasted like a mouthful of fruit cobbler.

Then the pup leaped up and grabbed a mouthful of Cherokee's belly fur and hung on.

True there are Gudgeon in these places of specimen proportions that can engulf a pretty hunky piece of meet or a mouthful of maggots.

Superb nose, wonderful fruit, a big mouthful which stops very quickly.

Seductive bright strawberry and redcurrant mouthful, witha pinch of spice.

Remember how they used to stick to the paper bag - so you got a mouthful of sherbet lemon and paper?

Care and diligence is taken in the kitchen, so each bit of meat and fish when combined with a mere half a spoonful of rice is equal to one mouthful.

Yes it may be a mouthful to say, but besides offering a ton of room, you'll love the exclusively designed recessed telescope handle and patented soft-grip!

The first mouthful tasted like bitter honey and she drank the bottle down, sighing again.

Which would have been a real mouthful in real life, but bloody impressive on a letter of recommendation!

Here he is sitting on the edge of some pots which were waiting to be planted up, and enjoying every mouthful.

What you get on the first mouthful is what you get all the way down.

How can the smallest mouthful of a meal you have enjoyed be too much.

Wow, what a mouthful, I'd have liked to have seen their headed notepaper!

This may sound like a marketing mouthful, but there is a reason why the "Genesis" cheer shoe won the SITA best new product in 2005.

I spent the whole day without eating anything; I could not swallow a mouthful.

Of course, by the time your baby celebrates his second birthday, he'll have a mouthful of teeth.

Yes, it's certainly a mouthful to say, but once you see the genius of this purse, you'll have to have it!

Almost like the cat's eyes, who snatched a mouthful of food and ducked under the bed again.