word hole

noun

A person's mouth.

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nounword hole (plural word holes)

plural word holes

  1. derogatoryslangA person's mouth.

    “Shut your word hole and help me. Unless you want to do all the fighting," he said.

    2016, David T. Somerset, Slip: A Zombie Novella, page 56

    Synonyms: cakehole

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nounA person's mouth.

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Origin

So called because it is the orifice that emits speech.

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APA

word hole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20hole

MLA

“word hole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20hole. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “word hole,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/word%20hole.

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