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making mouths

making mouths is the present participle and gerund 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 making mouths

What is making mouths the present participle and gerund of?
Making mouths is the present participle and gerund of make mouths.

Words near making mouths in the dictionary

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

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