Meaning & use
trout mouth
Last updated
Meaning
nouncountable or uncountableslang
An unflattering slang term for lips that look swollen, overfilled or pushed forward, usually after cosmetic filler.
Grammar: Informal and often unkind, so avoid using it about a real person to their face.
Patterns
- have trout mouth
- look like trout mouth
The magazine joked that the actress had trout mouth after her procedure.
Too much filler can give you trout mouth.
Bloggers mocked the look as trout mouth.
Word forms
| plural | trout mouths |
|---|
Common combinations
- get trout mouth
- She feared she would get trout mouth from the injections.
- avoid trout mouth
- A skilled doctor can help patients avoid trout mouth.
- trout mouth look
- The trout mouth look became a meme online.
- trout pout
- The tabloids called the look a trout pout.
- accused of trout mouth
- The singer was accused of trout mouth after the awards show.
Synonyms and how they differ
- trout pout
- Trout pout is the more widespread version of the slang and means the same, with slightly more playful rhyme.
- duck lips
- Duck lips can mean a posed pout in selfies, whereas trout mouth refers to a permanent swollen look.
- fish lips
- Fish lips is a looser insult for large lips, and trout mouth refers to cosmetic filler.
- overfilled lips
- Overfilled lips is a neutral description that avoids mockery, while trout mouth is insulting.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: trout mouth or trout pout?
trout mouth vs trout pout
Trout pout is the commoner phrase; trout mouth is a rarer variant of it.
Practice
Which phrase is an informal, mocking term for overfilled lips?
Choose one answer.
Trout mouth is slang mocking lips that look swollen after filler. The other options name a protective device, a product and a skin condition, none of which is mocking slang.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “trout mouth”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.