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tear-mouths

tear-mouths is the plural of tear-mouth.

Meaning of tear-mouth

Noun

tear-mouth (plural tear-mouths)

  1. (obsolete) A blustering, boisterous person.
  2. (obsolete) An overactor.
    • You grow rich, do you, and purchase, you twopenny tear-mouth?1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster, act 3, scene 1

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Questions about tear-mouths

What is tear-mouths the plural of?
Tear-mouths is the plural of tear-mouth.

Words near tear-mouths in the dictionary

  1. tear-gassing
  2. tear-jerker
  3. tear-jerkers
  4. tear-jerking
  5. tear-mouth
  6. tear-mouths
  7. tear-off
  8. tear-offs
  9. tear-pit
  10. tear-stained
  11. tear-throat

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