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cottonmouth

cottonmouth noun: an oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.

Noun

cottonmouth (countable and uncountable, plural cottonmouths)

  1. (uncountable) An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
  2. A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
  3. A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.

Synonyms of cottonmouth

Forms of cottonmouth

pluralcottonmouths
alternative formcotton-mouth

Origin of cottonmouth

From cotton + mouth.

Words formed from cottonmouth

Questions about cottonmouth

What does cottonmouth mean?
Cottonmouth means an oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
What part of speech is cottonmouth?
Cottonmouth is a noun.
What is the plural of cottonmouth?
The plural of cottonmouth is cottonmouths.

Words near cottonmouth in the dictionary

  1. cottonized
  2. cottonizes
  3. cottonizing
  4. cottonless
  5. cottonlike
  6. cottonmouth
  7. cottonmouthed
  8. cottonmouths
  9. cottonness
  10. cottonocracy
  11. cottonocrat

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