1. mouthpiece(n = noun.artifact) - a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the mouthpiece of a respirator"
is a kind of aperture
is a part of inhalator, respirator
2. mouthpiece(n = noun.artifact) - an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a person speaks;
is a kind of acoustic device
is a part of phone, telephone, telephone set
3. mouthpiece(n = noun.person) mouth - a spokesperson (as a lawyer);
is a kind of interpreter, representative, spokesperson, voice
4. mouthpiece(n = noun.artifact) gumshield - (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's mouth;
is a kind of sports equipment
5. mouthpiece(n = noun.artifact) - the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds in the mouth;
is a kind of tube, tubing
is a part of cigarette holder, pipe, tobacco pipe
6. mouthpiece(n = noun.artifact) embouchure - the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player blows directly;
is a kind of aperture
is a part of wind, wind instrument
1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe. [1913 Webster]
2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid. [1913 Webster]
3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party. [1913 Webster]
"Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance." [1913 Webster]
4. A person's lawyer.
"This is a term that was used sometimes in old movies. When a tough bad guy was arrested he might say “I ain't sayin' nothin' without my
mouthpiece, n.
1 a the part of a musical instrument placed between or against the lips. b the part of a telephone for speaking into. c the part of a tobacco-pipe placed between the lips.
2 a a person who speaks for another or others. b colloq. a lawyer.
3 a part attached as an outlet.
N speech, faculty of speech, locution, talk, parlance, verbal intercourse, prolation, oral communication, word of mouth, parole, palaver, prattle, effusion, oration, recitation, delivery, say, speech, lecture, harangue, sermon, tirade, formal speech, peroration, speechifying, soliloquy, allocution, conversation, salutatory : screed: valedictory, oratory, elocution, eloquence, rhetoric, declamation, grandiloquence, multiloquence, burst of eloquence, facundity, flow of words, command of words, command of language, copia verborum, power of speech, gift of the gab, usus loquendi, speaker, spokesman, prolocutor, interlocutor, mouthpiece, Hermes, orator, oratrix, oratress, Demosthenes, Cicero, rhetorician, stump orator, platform orator, speechmaker, patterer, improvisatore, speaking, spoken, oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken, eloquent, elocutionary, oratorical, rhetorical, declamatory, grandiloquent, talkative, Ciceronian, nuncupative, Tullian, orally, by word of mouth, viva voce, from the lips of, quoth he, said he, action is eloquence, pour the full tide of eloquence along, she speaks poignards and every word stabs, speech is but broken light upon the depth of the u, to try thy eloquence now 'tis time.
N interpreter, expositor, expounder, exponent, explainer, demonstrator, scholiast, commentator, annotator, metaphrast, paraphrast, glossarist, prolocutor, spokesman, speaker, mouthpiece, dragoman, courier, valet de place, cicerone, showman, oneirocritic, (Edipus, oracle).
N information, enlightenment, acquaintance, knowledge, publicity, data, communication, intimation, notice, notification, enunciation, annunciation, announcement, communiqu_e, representation, round robin, presentment, case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition, news, return, account, statement, mention, acquainting, instruction, outpouring, intercommunication, communicativeness, informant, authority, teller, intelligencer, reporter, exponent, mouthpiece, informer, eavesdropper, delator, detective, sleuth, mouchard, spy, newsmonger, messenger, amicus curiae, valet de place, cicerone, pilot, guide, guidebook, handbook, vade mecum, manual, map, plan, chart, gazetteer, itinerary, hint, suggestion, innuendo, inkling, whisper, passing word, word in the ear, subaudition, cue, byplay, gesture, gentle hint, broad hint, verbum sapienti, a word to the wise, insinuation, information theory, bit, byte, word, doubleword, quad word, paragraph, segment, magnetic media, paper medium, optical media, random access memory, RAM, read-only memory, ROM, write once read mostly memory, WORM, informed, communique, reported, published, expressive, explicit plain spoken, (artless), nuncupative, nuncupatory, declaratory, expository, enunciative, communicative, communicatory, from information received, a little bird told me, I heard it through the grapevine.