mouthbreathe

See also: mouth-breathe

English

Verb

mouthbreathe (third-person singular simple present mouthbreathes, present participle mouthbreathing, simple past and past participle mouthbreathed)

1. Alternative form of mouth-breathe.
   • 1984 summer, The North Carolina Dental Review, page 16:

     The literature also suggests the patient may add to the environmental nitrous oxide any time the patient speaks or mouthbreathes (Whitcher, et al., 1977; Hallonsten, 1982).

   • 1988, Jack Womack, Terraplane, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, →ISBN, page 115:

     I mouthbreathed, to lessen that overpowering smell, the permanent scent of greasy burn.

   • 2013, Paul Argentini, A Matter of Love in da Bronx, Sunbury Press, →ISBN, page 48:

     Her parents were ecstatic she had me as a friend, the same as they would be with anyone who didn’t mouthbreathe and drool.