Meanings
verbgive it mouth (third-person singular simple present gives it mouth, present participle giving it mouth, simple past gave it mouth, past participle given it mouth)
present singular third person gives it mouth · participle present giving it mouth · past gave it mouth · participle past given it mouth
- UKarchaicslangSpeak loudly; speak up.
"Tell us your name!" said the man. "Quick!" / "Pip, sir." / "Once more," said the man, staring at me. "Give it mouth!"
1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 4
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