cottonmouth
cottonmouth · cottonmouths
An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugsAn oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
US/kˈɑtənmˌaʊθ/
» Do you have any gum? I've got really bad cottonmouth.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)An oral dryness often associated with certain medicines and recreational drugs.
(countable, uncountable)A snake, Agkistrodon piscivorus, the water moccasin.
(countable, uncountable)A snake, Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen, the northern copperhead.
More definitions
- venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States
Examples
1 sentencesDo you have any gum? I've got really bad cottonmouth.
Origin
From cotton + mouth.From cotton + mouth.
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Forms
plural: cottonmouthsSynonyms
5 synonymsoral dryness:dry mouthxerostomia
Close in meaning
- venomous semiaquatic snake of swamps in southern United States:water moccasincottonmouth moccasinAgkistrodon piscivorus
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedcottonmouthed
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable