mouthing

[ mou-thing ]

noun

1. the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
2. an instance of this.

Example Sentences

Jackson’s TikTok account is mainly filled with dance challenges with family and friends and posts of her mouthing commentary from popular audio.

From Washington Post

We’ve made it four full seasons without dancing to blaring music, without swaying alongside a spellbound crowd, without exaggeratedly mouthing beer orders to friends headed for concessions.

From Washington Post

It stars children mouthing along to the lyrics—those same lyrics we just described above.

From The Daily Beast

Swift erupts, as they argue while mouthing the lyrics of the song.

From The Daily Beast

As the spotlight focuses on McDonald and ultimately fades, we see hear mouthing lyrics but nothing but silence coming out.

From The Daily Beast

Proves that political potty-mouthing is practically our birthright.

From The Daily Beast

He was mouthing off, Sady contended, and he never said a word about any specific plot to kill Americans.

From The Daily Beast

Sir Mungo, to continue the simile, had long ago learned to run cunning, and make sure of mouthing his game.

From Project Gutenberg

The sleepy lake sucked at the mud banks with small mouthing sounds as though it found the taste of the raw mud agreeable.

From Project Gutenberg

"Treachery," the young man answered, mouthing his words with enjoyment; it was for him a happy moment.

From Project Gutenberg

As he reached for his sword, this ceased and he heard a strange slobbering mouthing that prickled the short hairs on his scalp.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet as you stand there mouthing platitudes, we are preparing to make a frontal assault upon their main base at Homestead.

From Project Gutenberg