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metal mouth

metal mouth noun: a person who wears orthodontic braces.

Noun

metal mouth (plural metal mouths)

  1. (derogatory, slang) A person who wears orthodontic braces.
    • In fact, wearing braces is such a common experience today that the social stigma once attached to it ("Hey, metal mouth!") hardly exists anymore.1997, Jean Lee, Coping With Braces and Other Orthodontic Work, page 1

Forms of metal mouth

pluralmetal mouths

Questions about metal mouth

What does metal mouth mean?
Metal mouth means a person who wears orthodontic braces.
What part of speech is metal mouth?
Metal mouth is a noun.
What is the plural of metal mouth?
The plural of metal mouth is metal mouths.

Words near metal mouth in the dictionary

  1. metal malaria
  2. metal master
  3. metal masters
  4. Metal Mike
  5. Metal Mikes
  6. metal mouth
  7. metal mouths
  8. metal neutral
  9. metal rubber
  10. metal rubbers
  11. metal shop

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