Meanings
nouncottonmouth (countable and uncountable, plural cottonmouths)
plural cottonmouths · alternative cotton-mouth
- uncountablemedicineAn oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
Synonyms: dry mouth, xerostomia
- countableuncountableA snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
- countableuncountableA snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
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nounvenomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
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Origin
Translations
Finnish suun kuivuminen
- suun kuivuminenoral dryness
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APA
cottonmouth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottonmouth
MLA
“cottonmouth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottonmouth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cottonmouth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cottonmouth.
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