bæk.tɔːk bæk.tɔk lɪp maʊθ maʊθ ˈmaʊθˌpiːs sæs spiːk spik

express in speech She talks a lot of nonsense This depressed patient does not verbalize articulate silently; form words with the lips only She mouthed a swear word touch with the mouth the opening of a jar or bottle the jar had a wide mouth the externally visible part of the oral cavity on the face and the system of organs surrounding the opening she wiped lipstick from her mouth the opening through which food is taken in and vocalizations emerge he stuffed his mouth with candy an impudent or insolent rejoinder don't give me any of your sass the point where a stream issues into a larger body of water New York is at the mouth of the Hudson an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge) he rode into the mouth of the canyon they built a fire at the mouth of the cave a person conceived as a consumer of food he has four mouths to feed a spokesperson (as a lawyer)