MOUTH (2)

mouth (2). Mouth, v. to mutter, grumble, speak big, chew

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Mouth (mout͡h), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mouthed (mout͡hd); p. pr. & vb. n. Mouthing.] 1. 1. To take into the mouth; to seize or grind with the mouth or teeth; to chew; to devour. Dryden.
2. 2. To utter with a voice affectedly big or swelling; to speak in a strained or unnaturally sonorous manner. “Mouthing big phrases.” Hare.
Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes. Tennyson. 3. 3. To form or cleanse with the mouth; to lick, as a bear her cub. Sir T. Browne.
4. 4. To make mouths at. R. Blair.