shoot off at the mouth
"shoot-off-at-the-mouth" is a 18-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“shoot off at the mouth” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 22
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To boast, or brag, or talk too much.
Corpus desk
Index EN-shoot-off-at-the-mouth · shoot off at the mouth · English
shoot off at the mouth · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 22 letters
- VOW-7 7 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shoot off at the mouth |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 22 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “shoot off at the mouth” in English
Rare enough to double-check
shoot off at the mouth is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for shoot off at the mouth in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is shoot off at the mouth, spelled S-H-O-O-T- -O-F-F- -A-T- -T-H-E- -M-O-U-T-H.
Definition
- 1To boast, or brag, or talk too much.
- 2To disclose some information that was supposed to be secret.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how shoot off at the mouth appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Don't let [presidential press secretary Ron] Ziegler shoot off at the mouth without our knowledge.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.