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noun

• implies someone who is (sometimes) not too bright, unkempt, nerdy.

  He is such a mouth-breather.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on May 12 2013. Submitted by JoAnn from Denver, CO, USA on May 21 1999.

• Someone who breathes through the mouth. Basically the same meaning as "slack-jaw;" a stupid person who advertises that stupidity by letting his mouth hang open.

  A typical mouth-breather came into the store yesterday.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by cameron from New York, NY, USA on Oct 21 1999.

• used in a derogatory sense, it means slack jawed, stupid, ignorant, unwashed masses, goofy, unprofessional, dumb, uneducated.

  That jerk was a mouth breather.

  • See more words with the same meaning: unintelligent person, idiot.

  Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Ginny R. from Mesa, AZ, USA on Oct 12 2002.