mouthful

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But that's a mouthful to say, so people abbreviate it to "Wintel".

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the quantity that can be held in the mouth

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noun

the quantity that can be held in the mouth

noun

a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for mouthful.

noun

the quantity that can be held in the mouth

noun

a small amount eaten or drunk; "take a taste--you'll like it"

Example sentences

But that's a mouthful to say, so people abbreviate it to "Wintel".

Your mind drifts off a bit and you swallow a mouthful before going to take another bite.

[1] Anyone who brings up mobile Chrome will get a mouthful about why that's terrible as well.

" But that's a bit more of a mouthful than "we don't know how bicycles work", so that's what gets repeated.

Also, it seems like one chew releases all the moisture, leaving a mouthful of dry bleh-ness with which to contend.

This tripe, shoveled by the mouthful out of Hollywood, is way too simplified to be meaningful.

No-one I know actually has or uses MS Office; they use the terms because they don't know 'spreadsheet' and 'word processor' is a mouthful.

>'Maladaptive neuronal connections'That's a mouthful, and just as obscure for most people.

"Samsung Galaxy S III with Android on an LTE network" is a mouthful, and I have to think that your average person doesn't really hear anything there.

For example, many people seem to assume that most active 2A advocates are, indeed, "redneck" types: from the South, with CSA flag stickers on their trucks, a Bible in their hip pocket, and a mouthful of chewing tobacco.

I know Japanese and Chinese people who have "use names", because some white folks think Hideyuki is a mouthful and couldn't guess that he's a man. I know neighborhoods in Chicago where Irish Catholics are so thick on the ground that you'd better come up with a nickname if you're a Patrick or a Mary because otherwise half the class will have a hash collision with you.

Though I would not be categorically opposed to finding a word for "that crazy mix of Buddhism, Taoism, and local geocentric folk religions that is practiced in various ways in China" - bit of a mouthful after all.

Anyone looking at spider webs for a meal will immediately go for the large obvious spider-looking thing in the web, and while that predator is dealing with the confusion of getting a mouthful of debris and gunk the real spider can make a get-away.