Meaning of mouth soaping | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of forcing soap into a person's mouth as punishment, typically for using foul language or for something else related to speech, such as lying.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“Applications of justice may range all the way from mouth soaping to murder; many different situations call for different forms of justice.”

“Strict with her own children, she seemed to us, when we were little, a little indifferent to property rights, often extending the hairbrushing or mouth-soaping of her own delinquents to Daisy's.”

“A mouth soaping does not erase the dirty word from mind.”

“Unfortunately the Coomers failed to see the humor of the situation, and I picked up several new obscenities and some fascinating combinations of the mouth-soaping words I already knew.”

“Matthew met the girl's stare with equal force and said calmly, "You have heard a lie, and whoever told you such a thing is not only a liar but a soul in need of a mouth-soaping.”

“While not worth a mouth soaping, boredom can indicate the problem of turning inward.”

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