mouthful

n.

1. The amount of food or other material that can be placed or held in the mouth at one time.
2. A small amount to be tasted or eaten.
3. A long word, name, or phrase that is difficult to pronounce.
4. An important or perceptive remark: You said a mouthful!

noun

A small portion of food: bit¹, crumb, morsel, piece. Informal bite. See big/small/amount.

IN BRIEF: As much as is usually put into the opening through which food passes at one time.

Make sure to swallow one mouthful of cake before you put anymore into your mouth.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: the quantity that can be held in the mouth

Meaning #2: a small amount eaten or drunk
  Synonym: taste

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - mundfuld

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    give en tørt på

Nederlands (Dutch)
hap, hapje, een lang woord, iets belangrijks, een mond vol een grote mond opzetten

Français (French)
n. - bouchée, gorgée, mot long d'un kilomètre, nom à coucher dehors, engueulade, (US) remarque importante

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    lancer une bordée d'injures à (qn)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bissen, Zungenbrecher, ein bißchen

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    rügen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μπουκιά, χαψιά, δυσπρόφερτη λέξη ή φράση, (μτφ.) γλωσσοδέτης

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    τα λέω χύμα

Italiano (Italian)
boccone

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    inveire contro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bocado (m)

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    insultar

Русский (Russian)
полный рот, кусок, глоток, труднопроизносимое имя

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    рявкнуть на кого-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - bocado

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    soltarle una sarta de insultos a alguien, echarle una bronca a alguien

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - munsbit, tugga

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
一口, 满口

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    对某人喋喋不休

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 一口, 滿口

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    對某人喋喋不休

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 한 입의 양, 소량, 긴 말, 적당한 말

idioms:

• give someone a mouthful    화가 나서 말하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 口一杯, 少量, 長ったらしい語, 一口, 長い単語

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) كميه كبيرة من الطعام يطعم شخص ما, يعطي شخصا ما كميه كبيرة من الططعام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מלוא הפה, כמות קטנה, לגימה, אמירה חשובה, מילה או משפט ארוכים או מסובכים‬

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