piehole

noun

ˈpī-ˌhōl How to pronounce piehole (audio)
Definition of pieholenext
slang
as in mouth
the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal "Shut your piehole or I'll shut it for you," the bully threatened

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Recent Examples of piehole So keep your piehole shut and go out and play football and earn your keep and earn your respect. — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 May 2025 Busch won the pole for the race and was the most combative driver in reaction to Keselowski’s remarks about Toyotas, telling Keselowski through Twitter to shut his piehole (or an abbreviation to that effect). — Mike Hembree, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2017
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mouth
Noun
  • The man in the white shirt appears limp as fellow bar patrons walk in to check on him, and the bartender covers her mouth in apparent shock.
    — Joe Dwinell, Boston Herald, 24 Aug. 2026
  • There is no cure for it, which means the common symptoms of painful blisters on the hands, feet and mouth, a fever and sore throat are things Scheffler had to play through without relief.
    — Ryan Canfield OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of mouth

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“Piehole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/piehole. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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