mouthpiece
pronunciation
How to pronounce mouthpiece in British English:
UK [ˈmaʊθpi:s]
How to pronounce mouthpiece in American English:
US [ˈmaʊθˌpis]
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- Noun:
- a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person
- an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks
- a spokesperson (as a lawyer)
- (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth
- the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth
- the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly
Word Origin
- mouthpiece (n.)
- 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.
Example
- 1. The us media has become the mouthpiece of us foreign policy .
- 2. The team measured the pressure at the instrument 's mouthpiece , in the middle of its length , and at the output , and witnessed how the train of compression waves built up to the more abrupt shock wave , traveling briefly at about 1 % higher than the speed of sound .
- 3. As part of that campaign the english-language government mouthpiece " china daily " is now available on newsstands in the us and uk .
- 4. Even the party 's main mouthpiece , the people 's daily , has endorsed his outspokenness .
- 5. According to china daily , the government 's english-language mouthpiece , a survey by a shanghai hospital found that fewer than 30 percent of callers to a pregnancy hot line knew how to prevent pregnancy .