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mouth-breathe en · VERB
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To breathe through the mouth.
His advisors mouth-breathed at the side of His Obesity, who trembled with delight.
2017, Ron Smith, The Humility of the Brutes, Louisiana State University Press, →ISBN, page 33:This problem may be increased if the individual mouth-breathes, which causes the secretions to dry and become thicker.
1993, Hilary Johnson, Amanda Scott, A Practical Approach to Saliva Control, Communication Skill Builders, →ISBN, page 11:During the 10 minutes the test subjects were mouth-breathing to encourage deeper penetration of nitrous acid in the respiratory system so as to induce a mild cooling which would increase their responsiveness to irritants.
1993 July, Energy Research Abstracts, volume 18, number 7, page 479:
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mouth breather · mouthbreathing