mouthpiece
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈmaʊθˌpis/
- US
:
protector bucal
- Participants wore a nose clip and a mouthpiece.
- wear a mouthpiece
- rubber mouthpiece
- plastic mouthpiece
So I go in, get dressed, get in the ring, put the mouthpiece in, the bell rings.
- So I go in, get dressed, get in the ring, put the mouthpiece in, the bell rings.
- You know, you're wearing shorts, a cup, tape, gloves and a mouthpiece, and you're going to go try to knock out another dude in a cage.
Examples
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The assistant removes his mouthpiece.
Fiction book (1998) -
This way, the mouthpiece can be cleaned and used by more than one student.
Academic text (2006) -
Why do you have a mouthpiece in, anyway?
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Wear a mouthpiece and head guard if you want.
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The kid sat up, shaking his headgear back and forth, his mouth wide open as Archie pulled out his mouthpiece.
Fiction book (1993) -
The mouthpiece tasted sour.
Fiction book (1993) -
He jams the mouthpiece into PK's mouth as the bell rings.
Fiction book (1992) -
Karloff has a mouthpiece to help him breathe while the assistant adds another coat of green sizing to the still incomplete makeup.
Fiction book (1998) -
You know, you're wearing shorts, a cup, tape, gloves and a mouthpiece, and you're going to go try to knock out another dude in a cage.
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Before going onto the field, each player must wear a mouthpiece to protect their teeth.
Synonyms
A soft plastic piece you wear over your teeth in contact sports to protect them
How Protective
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3.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mouthpiece comes from mouth and piece, meaning 'part'. In sports it came to mean the protective 'piece' you wear inside your mouth to keep your teeth and mouth safe.