make mouths
make mouths verb: to make faces (at someone), to make fun (of someone), to laugh (at someone).
Verb
make mouths (third-person singular simple present makes mouths, present participle making mouths, simple past and past participle made mouths)
- To make faces (at someone), to make fun (of someone), to laugh (at someone).
- Witness this army of such mass and charge
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death, and danger dare,
Even for an eggshell.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac... - "I want to be jeered at by Punch! I want Punch to make mouths at me, and give me the benefit of his inimitable squeak and gibber.[…]"1887, Marie Corelli, Thelma
- Witness this army of such mass and charge
Forms of make mouths
| third-person singular present | makes mouths |
|---|---|
| present participle | making mouths |
| past participle | made mouths |
| past | made mouths |
Questions about make mouths
- What does make mouths mean?
- Make mouths means to make faces (at someone), to make fun (of someone), to laugh (at someone).
- What part of speech is make mouths?
- Make mouths is a verb.
- What is the past tense of make mouths?
- The past tense of make mouths is made mouths.
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