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mouth soaping

mouth soaping noun: the act of forcing soap into a person's mouth as punishment, typically for using foul language or for something else related to speech, such as lying.

Noun

mouth soaping (usually uncountable, plural mouth soapings)

  1. (usually) The act of forcing soap into a person's mouth as punishment, typically for using foul language or for something else related to speech, such as lying.
    • Applications of justice may range all the way from mouth soaping to murder; many different situations call for different forms of justice.1967, John Cunyus Hodges, Harbrace College Handbook, page 388
    • Strict with her own children, she seemed to us, when we were little, a little indifferent to property rights, often extending the hairbrushing or mouth-soaping of her own delinquents to Daisy's.1970, Elizabeth Kimball, The Man in the Panama Hat, page 20

Examples of mouth soaping in a sentence

  • A mouth soaping does not erase the dirty word from mind.2000, Raven Walker, The Zen Manager, page 100:
  • While not worth a mouth soaping, boredom can indicate the problem of turning inward.2014, Everyday Inspiration from God's Creation: A Daily Devotional, Barbour Publishing:

Forms of mouth soaping

pluralmouth soapings

Questions about mouth soaping

What does mouth soaping mean?
Mouth soaping means the act of forcing soap into a person's mouth as punishment, typically for using foul language or for something else related to speech, such as lying.
How do you use mouth soaping in a sentence?
A mouth soaping does not erase the dirty word from mind.
What part of speech is mouth soaping?
Mouth soaping is a noun.
What is the plural of mouth soaping?
The plural of mouth soaping is mouth soapings.

Words near mouth soaping in the dictionary

  1. mouth rape
  2. mouth raped
  3. mouth rapes
  4. mouth raping
  5. mouth shot
  6. mouth soaping
  7. mouth soapings
  8. mouth the words
  9. mouth ulcer
  10. mouth ulcers
  11. mouth wash

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