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mouthpieces

mouthpieces is the plural of mouthpiece.

Meaning of mouthpiece

Noun

mouthpiece (plural mouthpieces)

  1. The part of a telephone that is held close to the mouth.
    • "It's 'Soapy,' talking from somewhere down there," rapped out Nickle, covering the mouthpiece as he spoke back into the room. "Get Joolby if you can, one of you."1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
  2. The part of a wind instrument that is held in or against the mouth.
  3. A bit.
  4. A mouthguard.
  5. (broadly) A spokesman; one who speaks on behalf of someone else.
    • The novel's protagonist serves as a mouthpiece for the author's political views.
  6. (slang) A lawyer for the defense.
    • The Robber had angrily demanded his mouthpiece and when the lawyer had finally been allowed to get to them they had been automatically sprung.1954, Ian Fleming, “Death of a Pelican”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 151

Questions about mouthpieces

What is mouthpieces the plural of?
Mouthpieces is the plural of mouthpiece.

Words near mouthpieces in the dictionary

  1. mouthpart
  2. mouthparts
  3. mouthpie
  4. mouthpiece
  5. mouthpieced
  6. mouthpieces
  7. mouthpies
  8. mouthpipe
  9. mouthpipes
  10. mouthpuckeringly
  11. mouthrinse

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