Word details
주둥이
- Pronunciation
- 주둥이
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
mouth; trap
(slang) The human mouth.
beak; mouth
The protruded part around an animal's nose or mouth.
spout
The long, narrow part of a bottle, container, etc., through which the substance inside is released.
Idioms
주둥이가 가볍다[싸다]
have a light[cheap] trap
(slang) To tend to leak someone's secret.
주둥이를 놀리다
wag one's trap
(disparaging) To talk in a careless manner.
wag one's trap
(slang) To talk back to someone in an impolite manner.
주둥이만 살다
Only the trap is alive
(disparaging) To talk about something in a plausible manner, but never put it into action.