mouth off

English

Etymology

From mouth + off.

Pronunciation

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Verb

mouth off (third-person singular simple present mouths off, present participle mouthing off, simple past and past participle mouthed off)

1. (intransitive, slang) To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner.
2. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To talk impudently, especially to one's superior.

Synonyms

• shoot one's mouth off

Translations

to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner

• Finnish: meuhkata
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: распускать язык (raspuskatʹ jazyk)

to talk impudently, especially to one's superior

• Finnish: meuhkata
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: дерзить (ru) (derzitʹ)

See also

• loudmouth