"mouth breather" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-mouth breather.ogg [Australia] Forms: mouth breathers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mouth breather (plural mouth breathers)
  1. A person who routinely inhales and exhales through the mouth, instead of through the nose. Synonyms: mouth-breather, mouthbreather Related terms: mouth-breathe, mouthbreathing
    Sense id: en-mouth_breather-en-noun-uidaOWy3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 76 24 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26
  2. (idiomatic, slang, derogatory) A person who is boorish, stupid, or otherwise unattractive. Tags: derogatory, idiomatic, slang Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-mouth_breather-en-noun-z5B9OWf0 Disambiguation of People: 36 64

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