bemouthing

Verb

bemouth (third-person singular simple present bemouths, present participle bemouthing, simple past and past participle bemouthed)

1. (transitive) To mouth the praises of (a person); talk grandiloquently; declaim.
2. (transitive) To place in the mouth; to put one's mouth on; (by extension) to eat.
   • Entering the hotel they tossed off a glass of wine apiece, bemouthed a cigar, and directed the landlord to provide the best game supper in his power.1841, Miss M. Corbett, The New Happy Week, page 161