mouthbreathe

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A form of mouth-breathe — To breathe through the mouth.

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Meanings

verbmouthbreathe (third-person singular simple present mouthbreathes, present participle mouthbreathing, simple past and past participle mouthbreathed)

present singular third person mouthbreathes · participle present mouthbreathing · participle past mouthbreathed · past mouthbreathed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of mouth-breathe.

    I mouthbreathed, to lessen that overpowering smell, the permanent scent of greasy burn.

    1988, Jack Womack, Terraplane, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 115
    2 more examples

    The literature also suggests the patient may add to the environmental nitrous oxide any time the patient speaks or mouthbreathes (Whitcher, et al., 1977; Hallonsten, 1982).

    1984 summer, The North Carolina Dental Review, page 16

    Her parents were ecstatic she had me as a friend, the same as they would be with anyone who didn’t mouthbreathe and drool.

    2013, Paul Argentini, A Matter of Love in da Bronx, Sunbury Press, →ISBN, page 48
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APA

mouthbreathe. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouthbreathe

MLA

“mouthbreathe.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouthbreathe. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mouthbreathe,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouthbreathe.

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