What are British words for mouth?

Gob” is a British expression for “mouth”.

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What's a slang word for mouth?

Synonyms. bazoo (US, slang) cakehole (slang) chops (plural only) clam (US, slang, dated)

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What is British slang for shut your mouth?

Mush. Slang for your mouth, i.e. shut your mush.

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Is gob another word for mouth?

noun Chiefly British Slang. the mouth.

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What is a slang word for big mouth?

gasbag. gossiper. grandstander. know-it-all. show-off.

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What is the cockney word for mouth?

North and South is Cockney slang for Mouth.

North and South is almost never shortened to "North" like most rhyming slang. Instead the full form "North and South" is used.

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What is slang for oral on a woman?

the act or practice of orally stimulating the female genitals.

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What is a gob in britain?

(countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, slang) The mouth. quotations ▼synonyms ▲ Synonyms: cakehole, face, mush, trap. He′s always stuffing his gob with fast food. Oi, you, shut your gob! She's got such a gob on her – she's always gossiping about someone or other.

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What does gob mean in australia?

gob is a slang which means mouth. For example,tell him to shut his gob.

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What does cakehole mean?

British, informal. : a person's mouth. Your cakehole [=(US) pie hole] pumps out two and a half pints of saliva a day to moisten food and coat it with substances that help your absorption of nutrients.

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What is a kiss called in England?

To snog is to kiss. A teenage couple might snog throughout an entire two hour movie. The verb snog is British slang for kiss, cuddle, or make out. It's a word that is more and more common in American English as well, as a casual way to talk about kissing.

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What is UK slang for smile?

Synonyms of 'smile' in British English
  • grin. He grinned, delighted at the memory.
  • beam. She beamed at her friend with undisguised admiration.
  • smirk. They nudged each other and smirked.
  • twinkle.

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What does mouth mean in Old English?

Old English muþ "oral opening of an animal or human; opening of anything, door, gate," from Proto-Germanic *muntha- (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian muth, Old Norse munnr, Danish mund, Middle Dutch mont, Dutch mond, Old High German mund, German Mund, Gothic munþs "mouth"), with characteristic loss of nasal ...

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Is mush another word for mouth?

Around the 1840 s mush became a state of matter that was soft or mashed. Not until 1859 did mush changed meanings again, to mean the mouth and then later to indicate the whole head.

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What is bad mouth in slang?

Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?

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What is Australian slang for girl?

2. sheila – woman or female.

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What is a Whitey Australian slang?

"Whitey" is a derogatory term for a white person. The level of contempt implied by the term varies, although it is most often used as an insult.

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What is Jack in Australian slang?

'Jack' was in general usage as slang for 'a policeman', but in World War I was adapted to 'a military policeman'. The 'military police' sense is attested in B&P, Digger Dialects, and F&G.

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What is Irish slang for mouth?

Gob. A casual Irish word for “mouth” (the toast “gob fliuch”, for example); also used for “beak”.

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What is a pillock in UK?

noun. /ˈpɪlək/ /ˈpɪlək/ (British English, slang) ​a stupid person.

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Why is gob slang for mouth?

There are two theories on this one. This term first showed up in regard to sailors around 1909 and may have come from the word gobble. Reportedly, some people thought that sailors gobbled their food. The term also may come from the word gob, which means to spit, something sailors also reportedly do often.

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What is mouth in Scottish slang?

GEGGI. A term used mostly in the West Coast of Scotland which means mouth.

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What is the British slang for lips?

Filter Tips is Cockney slang for Lips.

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What is the British slang for hair?

The term 'Barnet Fair', normally shortened to 'Barnet', has become rhyming slang for 'hair'.

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