mouthbreathe

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Verb

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mouthbreathe (third-person singular simple present mouthbreathes, present participle mouthbreathing, simple past and past participle mouthbreathed)

  1. Alternative form of mouth-breathe.
    • 1984 summer, The North Carolina Dental Review, page 16:
      The literature also suggests the patient may add to the environmental nitrous oxide any time the patient speaks or mouthbreathes (Whitcher, et al., 1977; Hallonsten, 1982).
    • 1988, Jack Womack, Terraplane, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 115:
      I mouthbreathed, to lessen that overpowering smell, the permanent scent of greasy burn.
    • 2013, Paul Argentini, A Matter of Love in da Bronx, Sunbury Press, →ISBN, page 48:
      Her parents were ecstatic she had me as a friend, the same as they would be with anyone who didn’t mouthbreathe and drool.