"shoot off at the mouth" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-shoot off at the mouth.ogg [Australia] Forms: shoots off at the mouth [present, singular, third-person], shooting off at the mouth [participle, present], shot off at the mouth [participle, past], shot off at the mouth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|shoot<,,shot> off at the mouth|head=shoot off at the mouth}} shoot off at the mouth (third-person singular simple present shoots off at the mouth, present participle shooting off at the mouth, simple past and past participle shot off at the mouth)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To boast, or brag, or talk too much. Tags: idiomatic, informal
    Sense id: en-shoot_off_at_the_mouth-en-verb-ZwmXKZS-
  2. (informal, idiomatic) To disclose some information that was supposed to be secret. Tags: idiomatic, informal Synonyms: mouth off, run off at the mouth, shoot from the lip, shoot one's mouth off, shoot off one's mouth
    Sense id: en-shoot_off_at_the_mouth-en-verb-4TmLZkxR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 74

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