Mouthpiece

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mouthpiece \Mouth"piece`\, n.
     1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the
        mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a
        bugle, or of a tobacco pipe.
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     2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or
        vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a
        fluid.
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     3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a
        spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the
              mouthpiece of their remonstrance.     --Motley.
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     4. Hence: A person's lawyer. [slang]
  
     Note: This is a term that was used sometimes in old movies.
           When a tough bad guy was arrested he might say "I ain't
           sayin' nothin' without my mouthpiece!"
           [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mouthpiece
       n 1: a part that goes over or into the mouth of a person; "the
            mouthpiece of a respirator"
       2: an acoustic device; the part of a telephone into which a
          person speaks
       3: a spokesperson (as a lawyer) [syn: {mouth}]
       4: (especially boxing) equipment that protects an athlete's
          mouth [syn: {gumshield}]
       5: the tube of a pipe or cigarette holder that a smoker holds
          in the mouth
       6: the aperture of a wind instrument into which the player
          blows directly [syn: {embouchure}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  155 Moby Thesaurus words for "mouthpiece":
     AG, DA, KC, QC, SSC, US attorney, adviser, advocate, aerophone,
     agent, amicus curiae, announcer, annunciator, attorney,
     attorney general, attorney-at-law, authority, barrister,
     barrister-at-law, bell, bit, call box, channel, civilian,
     coin telephone, communicant, communicator, connection,
     corporation lawyer, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law,
     court-appointed lawyer, criminal lawyer, defense counsel, delegate,
     deputy, desk telephone, dial telephone, district attorney,
     double reed, embouchure, enlightener, expert witness, extension,
     friend at court, front, front man, go-between, gossipmonger,
     grapevine, herald, horn, informant, information center,
     information medium, informer, interagent, interceder, intercessor,
     intermediary, intermediate, intermediate agent, intermediator,
     intermedium, internuncio, intervener, interventionist, interventor,
     interviewee, junior counsel, key, law agent, lawyer, leader,
     legal adviser, legal counselor, legal expert, legal practitioner,
     legalist, lip, mediator, medium, middleman, monitor, mouth,
     negotiant, negotiator, negotiatress, negotiatrix, newsmonger,
     notifier, official spokesman, ombudsman, pay station, phone, pipe,
     pleader, press, private attorney, proctor, procurator, prolocutor,
     prolocutress, prolocutrix, prosecuting attorney, prosecutor,
     public prosecutor, public relations officer, public telephone,
     publicist, publisher, push-button telephone, radio, rapporteur,
     receiver, reed, reporter, representative, sea lawyer,
     self-styled lawyer, shyster, silk, silk gown, slide, solicitor,
     solicitor general, source, speaker, special pleader, spokesman,
     spokesperson, spokeswoman, stuff gown, stuff-gownsman, telephone,
     telephone booth, telephone engineering, telephone extension,
     telephone mechanics, telephone receiver, telephonics, telephony,
     television, teller, tipster, tooter, tout, transmitter, valve,
     voice, wall telephone, wind, wind instrument, witness