"mouth off" meaning in English

See mouth off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-mouth off.ogg Forms: mouths off [present, singular, third-person], mouthing off [participle, present], mouthed off [participle, past], mouthed off [past]
Etymology: From mouth + off. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} mouth off (third-person singular simple present mouths off, present participle mouthing off, simple past and past participle mouthed off)
  1. (intransitive, slang) To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner. Tags: intransitive, slang Categories (topical): Talking Translations (to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner): plendi (Esperanto), meuhkata (Finnish), se plaindre (French), распускать язык (raspuskatʹ jazyk) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mouth_off-en-verb-wWVUrj1S Disambiguation of Talking: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 63 37 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 62 38 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner': 96 4
  2. (transitive, intransitive, slang) To talk impudently, especially to one's superior. Tags: intransitive, slang, transitive Translations (to talk impudently, especially to one's superior): meuhkata (Finnish), odpyskiwać [imperfective] (Polish), odpyskowywać [imperfective] (Polish), odpyskować [perfective] (Polish), дерзить (derzitʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-mouth_off-en-verb-T-YKyuiy Disambiguation of "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior": 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shoot one's mouth off Related terms: loudmouth

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "mouths off",
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        "singular",
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    {
      "form": "mouthing off",
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        "participle",
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    {
      "form": "mouthed off",
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      "glosses": [
        "To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner."
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        "(intransitive, slang) To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner."
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
          "word": "plendi"
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          "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
          "word": "meuhkata"
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          "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
          "word": "se plaindre"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raspuskatʹ jazyk",
          "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
          "word": "распускать язык"
        }
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          "ref": "2008, “Play It Again, Brian”, in Family Guy, Herbert (actor):",
          "text": "And don't you mouth off to me, or I'm gonna slap you right in your penis.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "(transitive, intransitive, slang) To talk impudently, especially to one's superior."
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          "word": "meuhkata"
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          "sense": "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior",
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          "roman": "derzitʹ",
          "sense": "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior",
          "word": "дерзить"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "shoot one's mouth off"
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  "word": "mouth off"
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        "To complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner."
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        "(transitive, intransitive, slang) To talk impudently, especially to one's superior."
      ],
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    {
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
      "word": "plendi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
      "word": "meuhkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
      "word": "se plaindre"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspuskatʹ jazyk",
      "sense": "to complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner",
      "word": "распускать язык"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior",
      "word": "meuhkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odpyskiwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "odpyskowywać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "odpyskować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "derzitʹ",
      "sense": "to talk impudently, especially to one's superior",
      "word": "дерзить"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mouth off"
}

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