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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.