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word of mouth

word of mouth noun: the verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.

Noun

word of mouth (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) The verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
    • The book didn't need to be advertised; it became popular solely by word of mouth.
    • Kevin heard it on the radio / Hugh informed word of mouth / Carla read it in the news / Caught it all, just a touch1983, R.E.M., “Just a Touch”, in Lifes Rich Paegent

word of mouth meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Indonesian

word of mouth in Tamil

வாய்ச்சொல், வாய்ப்பிறப்பு, வாய்வார்த்தை, வாய்ப்பேச்சு, வாசகம், வாசிகம்

word of mouth in Bengali

verbal means of passing of information
মুখের কথা mukher kotha

word of mouth in Indonesian

verbal means of passing of information
getok tular, dari mulut ke mulut

Forms of word of mouth

alternative formword-of-mouth

Questions about word of mouth

What does word of mouth mean?
Word of mouth means the verbal means of passing on information; viva voce.
What is word of mouth in Tamil?
Word of mouth in Tamil is வாய்ச்சொல், வாய்ப்பிறப்பு, வாய்வார்த்தை. See Word of mouth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is word of mouth?
Word of mouth is a noun.

Words near word of mouth in the dictionary

  1. word of finger
  2. Word of God
  3. word of honor
  4. word of honour
  5. word of life
  6. word of mouth
  7. Word of Wisdom
  8. word on the street
  9. word on the wire
  10. word order
  11. word orders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: word of mouth (page history and authors); word of mouth (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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