mouthful.
The amount that will fit in a mouth.
Meaning & usage
The amount that will fit in a mouth.
He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.
Quite a bit.
Something difficult to pronounce or say.
“She sells sea shells” is a bit of a mouthful to say.
A tirade of abusive language.
to give someone a mouthful
Where this word comes from
From Middle English mouthful, mouth-full, mouthe full, from Old English *mūþfull, from Proto-West Germanic *munþafull, equivalent to mouth + -ful. Compare Dutch mondvol (“mouthful”), German Mundvoll (“mouthful”), Danish mundfuld (“mouthful”), Swedish munfull (“mouthful”), Icelandic munnfylli (“mouthful”). Compare also West Frisian mûlfol (“mouthful”).
Bombastic or awkward.
Where this word comes from
From mouth + -ful.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.