Noun

(en noun)

A long, angry or violent speech; a diatribe.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.}}

*, chapter=13

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}

A section of verse concerning a single theme; a laisse.

Noun

(en-noun)

The amount that will fit in a mouth.

* He swallowed a mouthful of sea water when he fell in.

(slang) Quite a bit.

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, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter VII , passage=“Unquestionably his metabolism is unduly susceptible to stresses resulting from the interaction of external excitations,” he said, and Bobbie patted him on the shoulder in a maternal sort of way, a thing I wouldn't have cared to do myself though our relations were, as I have indicated, more cordial than they had been at one time, and told him he had said a mouthful .}}

Something difficult to pronounce or say.

* "She sells sea shells" is a bit of a mouthful to say.

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, year=1960 , author= , title=(Jeeves in the Offing) , section=chapter X , passage=“Yes, you may leave this little matter entirely to me, Mr Wooster.” “I wish you'd call me Bertie.” “Certainly, certainly.” “And might I call you Roderick?” “I shall be delighted.” “Or Roddy? Roderick's rather a mouthful .” “Whichever you prefer.”}}

* 2010 , Alexander Irvine, Iron Man 2: The Junior Novel , page 77

"Tony, I'm the executive director of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Strategic Homeland Intelligence, Enforcement, and Logistics Division," explained Fury.
Tony nodded. "Want a tip? Fire your namer of things, because that's a mouthful ."

A tirade of abusive language (especially in the term "give someone a mouthful")