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Synonyms for mouthpiece


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mouth-pees
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmaʊθˌpis



Définition of mouthpiece

Origin :
  • also mouth-piece, 1680s, "casting fitted on an open end of a pipe, etc.," from mouth (n.) + piece (n.). Meaning "piece of a musical instrument that goes in the mouth" is from 1776. Sense of "one who speaks on behalf of others" is from 1805; in the specific sense of "lawyer" it is first found 1857.
  • noun spokesperson
Example sentences :
  • The voice was concentrated upon it by means of a mouthpiece and a diaphragm.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • The Professor removed his mouthpiece and cast the tube aside.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
  • In putting it thus, I but make myself the mouthpiece of the Court.
  • Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
  • But those two years were not going to be wasted now—for Beth was to be his mouthpiece.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • He spoke into the mouthpiece by his head with an expressionless face.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • "Yes, the mouthpiece—but the eyes and ears also, Weirmarsh," replied Sir Hugh.
  • Extract from : « The Doctor of Pimlico » by William Le Queux
  • The mouthpiece yet rested between his lips, but the lower lip was beginning to drop.
  • Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer
  • Talleyrand, the brain of the policy, was not its mouthpiece.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • There is the danger of making the minister the mouthpiece of a party.
  • Extract from : « The Preacher and His Models » by James Stalker
  • If you are the mouthpiece238 of the White, who is the mouthpiece of the Black?
  • Extract from : « The Orchard of Tears » by Sax Rohmer

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