mouthing
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3ADJ.
bad, good
VERB + MOUTHING
mind, stop
MOUTHING + NOUN
tom, words
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noun
The act of forming a shape with the mouth, especially as part of sign language.
Mouthings tend to occur most often when signers are manually articulating nouns, open-class items, and morphologically simpler signs (see Crasborn et al. 2008).
Ranting; passionate speech devoid of meaning.
Kearn did not rant, he did not deafen you with heroics and empty mouthings.
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6Mouthings tend to occur most often when signers are manually articulating nouns, open-class items, and morphologically simpler signs (see Crasborn et al. 2008).
WiktionaryKearn did not rant, he did not deafen you with heroics and empty mouthings.
WiktionaryStop bad mouthing Tom.
Tatoeba · #3056495Stop bad mouthing them.
Tatoeba · #3911890Would you mind mouthing the words "good bye" as you leave the room?
Tatoeba · #6131295Would you mind mouthing the words "thank you" as you sit down?
Tatoeba · #6131296