Mouthing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Mouthing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of mouth.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of mouth.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of mouthe
- The act of forming a shape with the mouth, especially as part of sign language.
- Ranting; passionate speech devoid of meaning.
Example Sentences
Kearn did not rant, he did not deafen you with heroics and empty mouthings.
Mouthings tend to occur most often when signers are manually articulating nouns, open-class items, and morphologically simpler signs (see Crasborn et al. 2008).
Word Forms
- mouthings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lip, mouthpiece, sass, backtalk, speak, utter.
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