Crossword clues for mouthpiece
mouthpiece
- Telephone part
- (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
- The tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
- (informal) a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- The part of a telephone into which a person speaks
- An acoustic device
- A part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mouthpiece \Mouth"piece`\, n.
The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid.
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One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.
Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance.
--Motley. -
Hence: A person's lawyer. [slang]
Note: This is a term that was used sometimes in old movies. When a tough bad guy was arrested he might say ``I ain't sayin' nothin' without my mouthpiece!''
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. 1 A part of any device that functions in or near the mouth, especially: 2 # The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth. 3 # The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth. 4 A spokesman who speaks on behalf of someone else. 5 (lb en slang) A lawyer for the defense.
WordNet
n. a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the mouthpiece of a respirator"
an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
a spokesperson (as a lawyer) [syn: mouth]
(especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth [syn: gumshield]
the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly [syn: embouchure]
Wikipedia
Mouthpiece may refer to:
- The part of an object which comes near or in contact with one's mouth or nose during use
- Mouthpiece ( smoking pipe)
- Mouthpiece ( telephone handset)
- Mouthpiece (woodwind), a component of a woodwind instrument
- Mouthpiece (brass), a component of a brass instrument
- Mouthpiece (scuba), a component of a scuba diving or industrial breathing set
- Mouthguard, a device protecting the teeth from injury, also known as mouth piece
Mouthpiece was a New Jersey straight edge hardcore punk band from 1991 to 1996. Often seen as one of the seminal acts of the youth crew era, or the earliest revival of it. Many fans and critics alike credited them as a rare voice of reason in comparison to the aggressive trends in straight edge bands at the time.
Following their breakup, vocalist Tim McMahon went on to Hands Tied and then Triple Threat. Of note, Pat Baker of the New Jersey based band The Semibeings was an original member of Mouthpiece.
In January 2009, Revelation Records released Can't Kill What's Inside which compiled all the band's recorded output.
Mouthpiece is a fictional comic book character from the golden age of comic books who was published by Quality Comics. He first appeared in Police Comics #1 (August 1941), along with the heroes Plastic Man, Firebrand, and the Human Bomb, and lasted until #13. He was created by Fred Guardineer. Although, like all Quality characters, he is ostensibly owned by DC Comics after it acquired Quality's assets, he lapsed into public domain prior to the said acquisition.
In breathing sets, a mouthpiece is a part that the user grips in his mouth, to make a watertight seal between the breathing set and his mouth. It is composed of a short flattened-oval tube that goes in between the lips, with on its free end a flange that fits between the lips and the tooth and gums. On the flange there are two projections with enlarged ends, which are gripped between the teeth. Most sport diving scuba sets use a mouthpiece rather than a fullface mask.
In many industrial breathing sets and a few scuba sets (e.g. the Siebe Gorman Salvus, and a 1980s model of double-hose diving regulator made by Nemrod), the mouthpiece also has an outer rubber flange that fits outside the lips and extends into two straps that fasten together behind the neck. That makes the mouthpiece more airtight and watertight, and helps to keep the mouthpiece in if the user lets his lips or jaws get slack through unconsciousness or absent-mindedness or being preoccupied with work.
A mouthpiece in the mouth prevents clear speech; as a result, many work divers, and many people who use a breathing set on land (e.g. firefighters), use a fullface mask.
On brass instruments the mouthpiece is the part of the instrument placed on the player's lips. The mouthpiece is a simple circular opening that leads, via a semi-spherical or conical cavity, to the main body of the instrument.
Mouthpieces vary to suit the tone of the instrument. Lower instruments also have larger mouthpieces, to maximize resonance (see pitch of brass instruments). Also, mouthpieces are selected to suit the embouchure of the player, to produce a certain timbre, or to optimize the instrument for certain playing styles. For example, trumpet and trombone mouthpieces are usually semi-spherical whereas French horn mouthpieces are conical.
Usage examples of "mouthpiece".
Early on, he had called in Jacy Hubbard, his million-dollar mouthpiece who still played golf once a week with the President and went barhopping with big shots on Capitol Hill.
His breath left him in a thunderous rush and she held the phone tight to her ear, her lips brushing the mouthpiece as she imagined his orgasm quivering through her too, through muscles already exhausted, nerves already strummed and sated.
Call Thou to mind the bounty which I bestowed upon Thee when I conversed with Thee in the midmost heart of My Sanctuary and aided Thee through the potency of the Holy Spirit that Thou mightest, as the peerless Mouthpiece of God, proclaim unto men the commandments of God which lie enshrined within the divine Spirit.
Talley, especially days like today, when his mouth ached from biting on a regulator mouthpiece, when he was frozen like a Popsicle and whipped to the point of coma .
I could listen to the earpiece and hold the mouthpiece at the pretested and precalculated distance from the mouthpiece.
I direct-dialed my love and hunched over the desk top so I could listen to the earpiece and hold the mouthpiece at the pretested and precalculated distance from the mouthpiece.
He sat with his legs up on the sofa as if quite at home and, having stuck an amber mouthpiece far into his mouth, was inhaling the smoke spasmodically and screwing up his eyes.
A small quantity of tetryl in the mouthpiece attached to a fuse which leads to a point below the bowl.
When her head finally broached again, she treaded water, spat out her mouthpiece, and drank in the sweetness of unbottled air.
They tended to congregate around a warehouseman called Billy Barker, whom I regarded as a sort of mouthpiece for the rest of them.
He turned on his heel, held the cartridge case with the open end up, pressed the hole like the mouthpiece of a flute against his protruding, slavering lower lip, and projected a new note, now shrill, now muffled as though by the fog, into the mounting whish of the rain.
Sternway stopped at a combination lock halfway down the row, dialed the locker open, and took out sparring gear foam hand- and foot-pads, a mouthpiece, a protective cup.
Moreover, many newspapers founded in the early Meiji period were intended by their founders to serve as mouthpieces for specific political and social views, almost invariably of an antigovernment tone.
Hartley turned back to the Oerlikon, stripped earphones and chest mouthpiece from the dead man.
Now confess your guilt, for it is the only thing left you to do, and I will give you permission to smoke in your dungeon some of those excellent trabucos you are so fond of, and which you always smoke with an amber mouthpiece.