Meanings
present singular third person shoots one's mouth off · participle present shooting one's mouth off · participle past shot one's mouth off · past shot one's mouth off
- slangTo make reckless or exaggerated statements.
I never shot my mouth off, I was quiet and I listened.
2004 March 28, Alex Witchel, “The Salon Keeper”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jan 20101 more example
George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks.
1943 July 16, David Deutsch, “Heard in the Lobbies”, in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, retrieved 07 Jan 2010Synonyms: mouth off, shoot from the lip, shoot off at the mouth, shoot off one's mouth
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make reckless or exaggerated statements.
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Translations
Arabic تبادل لإطلاق النار الفم
- تبادل لإطلاق النار الفمmake reckless or exaggerated statements
Chinese Mandarin 滿嘴跑火車 /满嘴跑火车, 口無遮攔 /口无遮拦
- 滿嘴跑火車 /满嘴跑火车 (mǎnzuǐpǎohuǒchē)make reckless or exaggerated statements
- 口無遮攔 /口无遮拦 (kǒuwúzhēlán)make reckless or exaggerated statements
- 口沒遮攔 /口没遮拦 (kǒuméizhēlán)make reckless or exaggerated statements
Dutch overdrijven
- overdrijvenmake reckless or exaggerated statements
Finnish puhua läpiä päähänsä
- puhua läpiä päähänsämake reckless or exaggerated statements
French ouvrir sa grande gueule
- ouvrir sa grande gueulemake reckless or exaggerated statements
German aufschneiden
- aufschneidenmake reckless or exaggerated statements
Hungarian dicsekszik, henceg
- dicsekszikmake reckless or exaggerated statements
- hencegmake reckless or exaggerated statements
- felvágmake reckless or exaggerated statements
- jártatja a szájátmake reckless or exaggerated statements
- szájaskodikmake reckless or exaggerated statements
Italian spararne di grosse
- spararne di grossemake reckless or exaggerated statements
Japanese べらべらとしゃべる
- べらべらとしゃべる (berabera to shaberu)make reckless or exaggerated statements
Norwegian Bokmål prate dritt, preike skit
- prate drittmake reckless or exaggerated statements
- preike skitmake reckless or exaggerated statements
Polish mleć językiem jak najęty, gadać, co ślina na język przyniesie
- mleć językiem jak najętymake reckless or exaggerated statements
- gadać, co ślina na język przyniesiemake reckless or exaggerated statements
- mówić trzy po trzymake reckless or exaggerated statements
Portuguese falar merda, falar da boca para fora
- falar merdamake reckless or exaggerated statements
- falar da boca para foramake reckless or exaggerated statements
- falar da boca pra foramake reckless or exaggerated statements
Russian распусти́ть язы́к, крича́ть с пе́ной у рта
- распусти́ть язы́к (raspustítʹ jazýk)make reckless or exaggerated statements
- крича́ть с пе́ной у рта (kričátʹ s pénoj u rta)make reckless or exaggerated statements
Spanish fanfarronear
- fanfarronearmake reckless or exaggerated statements
Swedish prata skit, snacka skit
- prata skitmake reckless or exaggerated statements
- snacka skitmake reckless or exaggerated statements
Tamil வாய்விடு
- வாய்விடு (vāyviṭu)make reckless or exaggerated statements
Cite this entry
shoot one's mouth off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot%20one's%20mouth%20off
“shoot one's mouth off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot%20one's%20mouth%20off. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shoot one's mouth off,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoot%20one's%20mouth%20off.
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