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wash out one's mouth en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of wash one's mouth out.
    • My 10 year old son mouths off a lot to me lately. Friends have suggested that I wash out his mouth with soap. [...] I will *not* tolerate foul language, though. I recall washing out my son's mouth with soap less than a half dozen times between ages 8 and 11, He absolutely positively hated it, and so did I. 1996 November 29, “mouth soaping questions”, in misc.kids (Usenet):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
washes out one's mouth Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
washed out one's mouth Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
washed out one's mouth Tense=Past lexicographic
washing out one's mouth Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic