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mouthy

[mau-thee, -thee] / ˈmaʊ θi, -ði /


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The mouthy pool shark Minnesota Fats is given as much attention as the babushka Lyudmila Borisovna—an anti-Nazi broadcaster whom Joseph Goebbels called the witch of the Kremlin.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Likewise the talented comedian Sophie Zucker, who makes the most of her too-brief appearances as Jamie’s mouthy hometown nemesis.

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2024

The only instance in which Sturdivant will talk back is if he’s repeatedly burning the same mouthy defender.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

So he sent director Greta Gerwig a demo with a few lines — including a deliciously mouthy lyric about “blonde fragility.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

“The mouthy thing that jumped you? Never heard of anything like that. Or the golden things. That’s on some other level. All I ever seen is the tall, lanky shadow dudes. Sorry, sis.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Pazcoguin’s book is subtitled, “The Making of a Rogue Ballerina,” and she quickly establishes herself as the mouthier, hard-partying alternative to the perfumed diva stereotype.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021

For their sequel, the Next Generation stalwarts will do battle with a creature even meaner and mouthier than the Borg: the McEnroe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, put him in there with the brashest and mouthiest player you can find.

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 24, 2018

The mouthiest of them all typically start with the same word.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018

I reckon they just went out on a few estates, picked the mouthiest, rudest, funniest kids they could find, put them in a classroom and told them to be themselves.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2010

But you know as well as I, Lord, he’s one of the mouthiest so and so’s that ever wore socks.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy


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