loudmouth v.
1. (orig. US) to brag, to boast.
(con. 1938) Mister Jelly Roll (1952) 235: ‘Handy could afford to be charitable and slightly contemptuous of Morton, the old whorehouse pianist who seemed to be trying to loud-mouth his way back to big time [...]’ one critic observed. | ||
Pinktoes (1989) 24: More singing and dancing, more knife-toting and loud-mouthing. |
2. (US black) to speak abusively; as a synon. term for dozens n. (1)
[song title] Don’t You Loud Mouth Me. | ||
Playboy Oct. 🌐 Well, the big thing I did is that until then, I had just been loudmouthing mostly for the public to hear me, to build up gates for my fights. | in||
Playin’ the Dozens 198: Sometimes, ‘loud mouthing’ or ‘loud talking,’ ‘sounding,’ ‘screaming on someone,’ or even ‘bogarding’ are synonyms for ‘woofing’. | ||
Scorpions 18: ‘I went down there [...] and he came loudmouthing me in front of everybody.’. |