Mouthpiece - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈmaʊθpiːs|
Brit.
|ˈmaʊθpiːs|
noun
- a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer) (syn: mouth)
- (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
- the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
- the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly (syn: embouchure)
the mouthpiece of a respirator
- an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks- a spokesperson (as a lawyer) (syn: mouth)
- (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
- the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
- the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly (syn: embouchure)
Extra examples
He's been acting as a mouthpiece for the government on questions of foreign policy.
The company has hired an attorney as a mouthpiece to answer its critics.
To play the recorder, blow gently into the mouthpiece.
She whispered, holding her hand over the mouthpiece.
He has become a mouthpiece for the company.
This newspaper is just a Republican mouthpiece.
Ben put his hand over the mouthpiece and shouted to me.
The newspaper was the mouthpiece of the National Democratic Party.
Word forms
noun
singular: mouthpiece
plural: mouthpieces
singular: mouthpiece
plural: mouthpieces
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