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makes mouths

makes mouths is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make mouths.

Meaning of make mouths

Verb

make mouths (third-person singular simple present makes mouths, present participle making mouths, simple past and past participle made mouths)

  1. (dated, usually) 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...

Questions about makes mouths

What is makes mouths the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Makes mouths is the third-person singular simple present indicative of make mouths.

Words near makes mouths in the dictionary

  1. makes merry
  2. makes mincemeat of
  3. makes mincemeat out of
  4. makes mockery of
  5. makes money
  6. makes mouths
  7. makes much
  8. makes muffins
  9. makes music
  10. makes neither head nor tail of
  11. makes news

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