Badmouth
From Mereja Words
Contents
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbæd.maʊθ/
Alternative forms
Verb
Badmouth (third-person singular simple present badmouths, present participle badmouthing, simple past and past participle badmouthed)
- (informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
- Benedict Nightingale - those cross-Atlantic aficionados who persistently idolize the British theater and bad-mouth Broadway
Translations
to criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully
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References
- ↑ Smitherman, Geneva (1977), Talkin and Testifyin: The Language of Black America, Boston: Houghton Mifflin