Mouthing
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of forming a shape with the mouth, especially as part of sign language.
"Mouthings tend to occur most often when signers are manually articulating nouns, open-class items, and morphologically simpler signs (see Crasborn et al. 2008)."
- 2 Ranting; passionate speech devoid of meaning.
"Kearn did not rant, he did not deafen you with heroics and empty mouthings."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of mouth form-of, gerund, participle, present
- 2 present participle and gerund of mouthe form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Would you mind mouthing the words "good bye" as you leave the room?"