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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
mouthful
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
chew
▪ See how long you can take to eat a meal or a sandwich, chewing every mouthful as slowly as possible.
▪ If she chews each mouthful of food 32 times before swallowing, she probably does.
▪ Gladstone had recommended chewing each bite thirty-two times, so Fletcher chewed every mouthful of food until it was pulverized into liquid.
swallow
▪ She swallowed down a mouthful of wine.
▪ But when she swallowed, the first mouthful of crisp apple hurt her throat so much she almost cried.
▪ She gasped, swallowed a mouthful of rain, and gave an involuntary chuckle.
▪ He swallowed the first mouthful, and then examined what was left as if he was not sure what it contained.
▪ She realized that Bridget was eyeing her curiously, and swallowed a mouthful of wine.
take
▪ She took a mouthful of her drink.
▪ He picked up his glass of brandy and took a mouthful of it.
▪ Within a few minutes it has to return to wet its skin and take a fresh mouthful of water.
▪ Quickly sticking his lips into the watery column, he took a big mouthful and swallowed it.
▪ If the animal does take a mouthful, then the tongue also has a sensitive reaction to the food's temperature.
▪ Charlie had stopped laughing by then and had taken a mouthful of beer while he listened to whatever it was Jack said.
▪ Guido took a mouthful of his Cynar and seemed to savour it for a moment.
▪ He takes a giant mouthful of couscous.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a mouthful of sharp teeth
▪ I'm stuffed. I couldn't eat another mouthful.
▪ Joey had a mouthful of cookies.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After all those years of eating Lewis' dust, there was Powell at the end with a mouthful of sand.
▪ Entertainments National Service - what a mouthful.
▪ Finally, the very thought of one more sweet and sticky mouthful would make him sick.
▪ He dragged on crumpled clothes, tried to eat breakfast but spat out the mouthful, fled to his car.
▪ He took a mouthful of the secret vodka, savouring it, carried it to the door, listened.
▪ Mattie snapped through a mouthful of food.
▪ She took a mouthful of wine, but it came straight back up.
▪ Think Mary Lou Retton and her mouthful of polished choppers.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mouthful

Mouthful \Mouth"ful\, n.; pl. Mouthfuls.

  1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time.

  2. Hence, a small quantity.

  3. A statement that has a profound truth in it; as, you said a mouthful! [informal]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mouthful

1520s, "as much as a mouth can hold," from mouth (n.) + -ful. Meaning "a lot to say" is from 1748.

Wiktionary
mouthful

n. 1 The amount that will fit in a mouth. 2 (context slang English) Quite a bit.

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WordNet
mouthful

  1. n. the quantity that can be held in the mouth

  2. a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it" [syn: taste]

Usage examples of "mouthful".

American blurted passionately, spitting a mouthful of blood and broken enamel onto the floor.

Sweyn rose mumbling through a mouthful of rich brewis as Wulfgar threw on his hauberk and coif and set his helm to his head.

Lighter spots showed along the broad chin under a mouthful of wicked incisors that overlapped its upper and lower lips in a cruel, merciless grin.

It was just a mouthful of hard liquor, a bit perfumy and biting, without the clean grain taste of whiskey.

He grunted and stood impatiently waiting whilst I took several further mouthfuls of food and drink.

As the flow subsided she swallowed a mouthful and found it quite agreeable to her stomach.

Somerton Taite, grinning around a mouthful of what was actually some pretty decent bean and bacon soup.

Maris said in her best toppie voice, a little husky still from the searing mouthful of soup.

With a discreet pop, Luciano withdrew the cork from his hoarded Barolo, and poured a tiny mouthful for his wife and a glassful for himself.

I take another mouthful of the tea which I bought from the barrowman before Tommo left me.

Belli emitted a long mouthful at that, which John understood to convey the shock Belli felt at the impropriety of the employment of such language in a holy place before and under holy pictures.

To Charlotte, a mouthful of blackstrap rum was like a dose of molten lava.

I snagged one of the brandywine bottles, uncorked it, and took a mouthful just to make certain it was good.

He finishes a mouthful of the peppery stew, which is not as hot as the burkha of Sarronnyn but still highly spiced, before answering.

He took another mouthful of burkha, feeling slightly deceptive and taking refuge in eating.