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mouthy

[mou-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

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

Gemma says Amarii "got a bit mouthy" but wasn't "any kind of threat to anybody", and the reaction was over the top.

From BBC May 25, 2023

"Then you'd better grab your mouthy sword and take care of it."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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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